Species
Aestiaspis viitaensis Janvier et Lelievre, 1994
Type specimen data
Synonymy list
1994 Aestiaspis viitaensis n. sp. — Janvier & Lelievre , pp. 123-125, fig. 1-6
1996 Aestiaspis viitaensis — Afanassieva , pp. 70-72, fig. XII
1997 Aestiaspis viitaensis — Afanassieva & Märss , pp. 75-80, fig. text fig. 1-2; V, VI 1-7
2004 Aestiaspis viitaensis Janvier et Lelievre, 1994 — Afanassieva , pp. 235
2014 Aestiaspis viitaensis Janvier & Lelievre, 1994 — Märss et al. , pp. 107, fig. 20,21,22?,23
2014 Aestiaspis viitaensis Janvier & Lelievre, 1994 — Afanassieva & Märss , fig. 13
Selection of related publications
Bremer, O., Qu, Q., Sanchez, S., Märss, T., Fernandez, V., Blom, H. 2021. The emergence of a complex pore‐canal system in the dermal skeleton of Tremataspis (Osteostraci). Journal of Morphology 282, 8, 1141-1157. DOI:10.1002/jmor.21359
Afanassieva, O. B., Märss, T. 2014. New Data on the Exoskeleton of the Osteostracan Genus Aestiaspis (Agnatha) from the Silurian of Saaremaa Island (Estonia) and the Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago (Russia). Paleontologicheski Zhurnal 48, 1, 74-78. DOI:10.1134/S003103011401002X
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
Afanassieva, O. B., Märss, T. 1997. Exoskeleton Structure and the Distribution of Aestiaspis viitaensis (Agnatha) from the Silurian of Estonia. Paleontological Journal 31, 6, 641-647.
Janvier, P., Lelievre, H. 1994. A new tremataspid osteostracan, Aestiaspis viitaensis n. g., n. sp., from the Silurian of Saaremaa, Estonia. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences. Geology 43, 3, 122-128. DOI:10.3176/geol.1994.3.02
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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 | Aestiaspidinae |
| Genus | Aestiaspis |
| Species | viitaensis |
References based on distribution
- Afanassieva & Märss, 2014 Vesiku creek Rootsiküla Stage
- Janvier & Lelievre, 1994 Viita trench Rootsiküla Stage