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Extinct species of fish

Turrisaspis
Temporal range: Late Devonian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Turrisaspis elektor head shield, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Groenlandaspidae
Genus: Turrisaspis
Species: T. elektor
Binomial name
Turrisaspis elektor
Daeschler, Furmes & Mullison, 2003
Artist's reconstruction of Turrisaspis elektor
Artist's reconstruction

Turrisaspis elektor is an extinct species of groenlandaspid arthrodire placoderm . It is known only from trunk fragments from the Catskill Formation from the Upper Devonian of Clinton County, Pennsylvania .

References

  1. ^ Edward B. Daeschler, Anna C. Furmes & C. Frederick Mullison (2003). "Groenlandaspidid placoderm fishes from the Late Devonian of North America" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55: 45–60. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1374.
Arthrodira
Gnathostomata
Placodermi
Arthrodira
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Arthrodira
Arthrodira
Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaenioidei
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
Brachythoraci
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
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Eubrachythoraci
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
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