Tetanopsyrus
Tetanopsyrus Temporal range: Lochkovian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Acanthodii |
Order: | Diplacanthida |
Family: | Tetanopsyridae Gagnier et al., 1999 |
Genus: | Tetanopsyrus Gagnier et al., 1999 |
Species | |
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Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii. There are two species of this genus that lived through the lower Devonian (Lochkovian), some 416 to 359 million years ago.
Tetanopsyrus lindoei
Authority: Gagnier, Hanke and Wilson, 1999
Size: Length: 4 cm
Remains: Holotype (UALVP 39078): articulated skeleton.
Referred Materials: UALVP 32571, 38682, and 43026.
Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian).
Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.
Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae
Further Reading: Gagnier P.-Y., G. F. Hanke, and M. V. H. Wilson. 1999. Tetanopsyrus lindoei, gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Acta Geologica Polonica 49:81–96.
Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias
Authority: Hanke, Davis and Wilson, 2001
Size: Length: 4 cm
Remains: (UALVP 43246): articulated skeleton
Referred Materials: UALVP 39062 (partial); UALVP 42512; UALVP 43089 (juvenile); UALVP 44030 (juvenile); UALVP 45153
Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.
Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae
References
Further Reading
- Hanke, G. F., Davis, S. P., and Wilson, M. V. H. 2001. New species of the Acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from Northern Canada, and comments on related taxa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 21, n. 4, p. 740-753.