Species

Dartmuthia procera Märss, Afanassieva et Blom, 2014

Taxon description

Märss et al., 2014

Sculpture of narrow, strongly elongate, subparallel to parallel, relatively high ridges with distinct serrated margins; space between ridges always covered with flat tesserae; margins of tesserae notched; superficial layer of the exoskeleton strongly developed in the ridges with numerous arising canals of the upper vascular plexus in the ridges; relatively thick tesserae situated separately from each other, posterior processes of tesserae may overlap the tesserae behind.

Synonymy list
1986     Cephalaspididae gen. et sp. — Märss , fig. pl. 25, fig. 8
2014     Dartmuthia procera sp. nov. — Märss et al. , pp. 99, fig. 14,15
Selection of related publications
Märss, T., Afanassieva, O., Blom, H. 2014. Biodiversity of the Silurian osteostracans of the East Baltic. Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 105, 2, 73-148. DOI:10.1017/S1755691014000218
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Classification
Organism groupBiota
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
SubphylumVertebrata
SuperclassAgnatha
ClassCephalaspidomorphi
SubclassOsteostraci
OrderTremataspidiformes
SuborderTremataspidoidei
FamilyTremataspididae
SubfamilyDartmuthiinae
GenusDartmuthia
Speciesgemmifera
procera
References based on distribution