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Auchenaspis ✝
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Auchenaspis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 431 - 427 Ma Silurian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 411 - 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Chordata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Dumbrava and A. Blieck. 2005. Review of the Pteraspidiform heterostracans (Vertebrata, Agnatha) from the Devonian of Podolia, Ukraine, in the Theodor Vascautanu Collection, Bucharest, Romania. Acta Palaeontologica Romanniae 5:163-171 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Auchenaspis egertoni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Auchenaspis salteri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Auchenaspis verrucosus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 431 Ma Silurian | 431 Ma Silurian |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1857 | Auchenaspis Egerton |
1861 | Auchenaspis Huxley p. 37 |
1891 | Auchenaspis Woodward p. 195 |
2005 | Auchenaspis Dumbrava and Blieck p. 165 |
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!