Tetanopsyrus

Tetanopsyrus Temporal range: Lochkovian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Acanthodii
Order:	Diplacanthida
Family:	Tetanopsyridae Gagnier et al., 1999
Genus:	Tetanopsyrus Gagnier et al., 1999
Species
Tetanopsyrus lindoei Gagnier et al., 1999 Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias Hanke et al., 2001

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.