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Camuropiscidae

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Camuropiscidae

Taxonomy
Camuropiscidae was named by Dennis and Miles (1979). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Coccosteoidea by Denison (1984); to Arthrodira by Trinajstic and Dennis-Bryan (2009); and to Coccosteomorphi by van der Laan (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Camuropiscidae Dennis and Miles
1984Camuropiscidae Denison p. 396
2009Camuropiscidae Trinajstic and Dennis-Bryan
2019Camuropiscidae van der Laan p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
suborderBrachythoraciGross 1932
—Coccosteomorphi
familyCamuropiscidaeDennis and Miles 1979
familyCamuropiscidaeDennis and Miles 1979

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.

Fm. †Camuropiscidae Dennis and Miles 1979
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G. †Camuropiscis Dennis and Miles 1979
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†Camuropiscis concinnus Dennis and Miles 1979
†Camuropiscis laidlawi Dennis and Miles 1979
G. †Fallacosteus Long 1990
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†Fallacosteus turneri Long 1990
G. †Incisoscutum Dennis and Miles 1981
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†Incisoscutum ritchiei DENNIS and MILES 1981
†Incisoscutum sarahae Long 1994
Invalid names: Gogosteus Long 1994 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Frasnian or 382.31000 to 379.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Australia (Western Australia) Incisoscutum ritchei, Incisoscutum ritchiei, Fallacosteus turneri (233189)
Frasnian382.31 - 372.15Australia (Western Australia) Camuropiscis concinnus (172211) Camuropiscis laidlawi (172213) Gogosteus sarahae (136090)