Kingdom Animalia Class Acanthodii Rank Genus | Phylum Chordata Order Diplacanthida | |
Family Tetanopsyridae
Gagnier et al., 1999 Similar Brochoadmones, Ischnacanthiformes, Acanthodiformes, Ischnacanthus, Diplacanthus Acanthogammaridae | ||
Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii. There are two species of this genus that lived through the lower Devonian (Lochkovian), some 416 to 359 million years ago.
Contents
Tetanopsyrus lindoei
Authority: Gagnier, Hanke and Wilson, 1999
Size: Length: 4 cm
Remains: Holotype (UALVP 39078): articulated skeleton.
Referred Materials: UALVP 32571, 38682, and 43026.
Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian).
Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.
Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae
Further Reading: Gagnier P.-Y., G. F. Hanke, and M. V. H. Wilson. 1999. Tetanopsyrus lindoei, gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Acta Geologica Polonica 49:81–96.
Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias
Authority: Hanke, Davis and Wilson, 2001
Size: Length: 4 cm
Remains: (UALVP 43246): articulated skeleton
Referred Materials: UALVP 39062 (partial); UALVP 42512; UALVP 43089 (juvenile); UALVP 44030 (juvenile); UALVP 45153
Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian)
Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.
Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae