Species

Meelaidaspis gennadii Märss, Afanassieva et Blom, 2014

Taxon description

Märss et al., 2014

Relatively large elements; tightly packed sculpture of non-oriented serrated tubercles or ridges of different sizes; leaf-like, flat and smooth tubercles between serrated and finely striated tubercles and ridges; very weak tesseration observable in some elements; exoskeleton consisting of three layers; superficial layer developed in the tubercles and ridges; porous fields and vascular plexus developed in the middle layer; basal layer well developed.

Synonymy list
2014     Meelaidaspis gennadii gen. et sp. nov. — Märss et al. , pp. 137, fig. 43-45
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
OrderCephalaspidiformes
GenusMeelaidaspis
Speciesgennadii
References based on distribution