Biology:Pteraspidoidei

Short description: Extinct suborder of jawless fishes

Pteraspidoidei Temporal range: Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Errivaspis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	†Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:	†Heterostraci
Order:	†Pteraspidiformes
Suborder:	†Pteraspidoidei sensu Pernègre, 2006
Families
†Pteraspididae †Gigantaspididae †Protaspididae incertae sedis - Genus: †Palanasaspis
Synonyms
†Pteraspidina sensu Janvier, 1996

Pteraspidoidei is an extinct suborder of heterostracan vertebrates. It contains the more derived taxa within Pteraspidiformes, such as Pteraspis and Errivaspis, though, some protopteraspidids, such as Doryaspis and Panamintaspis, share various features with these derived pteraspidids.

References

• Pernègre V., 2006. - Un nouveau pteraspidiforme (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) du Dévonien inférieur du Spitsberg: nouvelles données paléo-ontogéniques. Geodiversitas, fasc. 2, t. 28

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