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Corvaspididae ✝
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Rank | family (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Pteraspidomorpha : Corvaspidiformes : Corvaspididae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 419 - 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | hydroxylapatite (based on Craniata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. J. Loeffler and D. L. Dineley. 1976. A new species of Corvaspis (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the upper Silurian to lower or middle Devonian of the North-west Territories, Canada. Palaeontology 19(4):757-766 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Corvaspis ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 423 Ma Silurian | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1953 | Corvaspididae Dineley |
1976 | Corvaspididae Loeffler and Dineley p. 758 |
2019 | Corvaspididae Van Der Laan p. 16 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!