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.
Type specimen data
holotype : Department of Geology, TalTech GIT 502-229 , Tahula 709 borehole , Kuressaare Stage , 7.7 m
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 group | Biota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Superclass | Agnatha |
| Class | Cephalaspidomorphi |
| Subclass | Osteostraci |
| Order | Tremataspidiformes |
| Suborder | Tremataspidoidei |
| Family | Tremataspididae |
| Subfamily | Dartmuthiinae |
| Genus | Dartmuthia |
| Species | gemmifera |
| procera |
References based on distribution
- Märss et al., 2014 Tahula 709 borehole 7.6 - 8.4 Kuressaare Stage