Americaspis White and Moy-Thomas 1941 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Poraspidei - Palaeaspidae

Synonym: Palaeaspis Claypole 1884 [replaced name]

Full reference: E. I. White and J. A. Moy-Thomas. 1941. Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes. III. Homonyms M-Z. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Eleventh Series 7:395-400

Parent taxon: Palaeaspidae according to J. Kiaer 1932

See also Dumbrava and Blieck 2005, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Van Der Laan 2019, White and Moy-Thomas 1941 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Americaspis americana Palaeaspis bitruncata Palaeaspis elliptica

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Ukraine (1 collection)

• Silurian of United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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