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Coccosteus
Taxonomy
Coccosteus was named by Agassiz (1843). It is the type genus of Coccosteinae.
It was assigned to Placoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Arthrodira by Woodward (1891); to Coccosteinae by Hay (1902); and to Coccosteidae by Bryant (1932), Jordan (1963) and Denison (1978).
It was assigned to Placoganoidei by Owen (1859); to Arthrodira by Woodward (1891); to Coccosteinae by Hay (1902); and to Coccosteidae by Bryant (1932), Jordan (1963) and Denison (1978).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Coccosteus Agassiz 1843
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†Coccosteus canadensis Woodward 1892
†Coccosteus carbonarius M'Coy 1848
†Coccosteus chamberlini Bryant 1932
†Coccosteus cuspidatus Miller 1841
†Coccosteus cuyahogae Claypole 1898
†Coccosteus decipiens Agassiz 1841
†Coccosteus disjectus Woodward 1891
†Coccosteus grossi Obrucheva 1962
†Coccosteus hercynius von Meyer 1852
†Coccosteus macromus Cope 1892
†Coccosteus markae Obrucheva 1962
†Coccosteus minor Miller 1858
†Coccosteus occidentalis Newberry 1875
†Coccosteus terranovae Obruchev 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Mississippian or 407.60000 to 323.20000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Emsian | South Africa | C. sp. (a) (35578) | |
| Eifelian | Estonia | C. cuspidatus (225793) | |
| Eifelian | Latvia | C. cuspidatus (225796 225797) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Belarus | C. sp. (225886) | |
| Early/Lower Givetian | Estonia | C. markae (225851) | |
| Frasnian | USA (Pennsylvania) | C. macromus (164512) | |
| Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | C. sp. (197071) | |
| Famennian | United Kingdom (Somerset) | C. sp. (232123) | |
| Late/Upper Famennian | Ireland | C. decipiens (32230) | |
| Mississippian | United Kingdom | C. carbonarius (132781) |