Tiaraspis

Tiaraspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian (Siegenian - Early Emsian), 413.02–393.47 Ma
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Family: †Groenlandaspididae
Genus: †Tiaraspis
Gross, 1962
Species:
†T. subtilis
Binomial name
†Tiaraspis subtilis
Gross, 1933

Tiaraspis subtilis is the oldest known member of the arthrodire placoderm family Groenlandaspidae. Its fossils are found from Early Devonian Germany, ranging from the Pragian epoch until the Emsian.

References

  1. ↑ Schultze, Hans-Peter (1984). "The head shield of Tiaraspis subtilis (Gross) [Pisces, Arthrodira]". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 107: 355––365.