Aethaspis Temporal range: Devonian: Pragian, 410–407 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓ | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Genus: | †Aethaspis Denison, 1958 |
Species | |
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Aethaspis is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Devonian period. Two species were described by Denison in 1958: Aethapsis major and Aethapsis utahensis. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:
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Actinolepidoidei Phlyctaeniina |
References
- Van Valen, Leigh (January 1963). "The Head Shield of Macropetalichthys (Arthrodira)". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 257–263.
- Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Aethaspis |
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