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.
Type specimen data
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 group | Biota |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Subphylum | Vertebrata |
| Superclass | Agnatha |
| Class | Cephalaspidomorphi |
| Subclass | Osteostraci |
| Order | Cephalaspidiformes |
| Genus | Meelaidaspis |
| Species | gennadii |
References based on distribution
- Märss et al., 2014 Elda cliff Rootsiküla Stage