Order

Birkeniiformes Berg, 1937

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Selection of related publications

Fadel, A., Žigaite, Ž., Blom, H., Perez-Huerta, A., Jeffries, T., Märss, T., Ahlberg, P. E. 2015. Palaeoenvironmental signatures revealed from rare earth element (REE) compositions of vertebrate microremains of the Vesiku Bone Bed (Homerian, Wenlock), Saaremaa Island, Estonia. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 64, 1, 36-41. DOI:10.3176/earth.2015.07

Miller, C. G., Märss, T., Blom, H. 2004. New anaspid material from the Late Silurian of Britain and Estonia. Acta Universitatis Latviensis 679, 46-56. Latvijas Universitāte.

Blom, H., Märss, T., Miller, C. G. 2003. A new birkeniid anaspid from the Upper Silurian of Skåne, south Sweden. GFF 125, 2, 57-61. DOI:10.1080/11035890301252057

Blom, H., Märss, T., Miller, C. G. 2002. Silurian and earliest Devonian birkeniid anaspids from the Northern Hemisphere. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Earth Sciences 92, 3, 263-323. DOI:10.1017/S0263593300000250

Märss, T. 2002. Silurian and Lower Dewonian anaspids (Agnatha) from Severnaya Zemlya (Russia). Geodiversitas 24, 1, 123-137.

Märss, T. 1986. Silurian Vertebrates of Estonia and West Latvia. Fossilia Baltica 1. Fossilia Baltica 1, 1-104. Valgus.

List of species

1. Birkenia robusta Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Rootsiküla Stage

2. Hoburgilepis papillata Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Ludfordian

3. Liivilepis curvata Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Ludlow→Přidoli

4. Pharyngolepis oblonga Kiaer, 1911 | Wenlock→Ludlow

5. Pterygolepis nitida (Kiaer, 1911) | Wenlock→Ludlow

6. Ramsaasalepis porosa Blom, Märss et Miller, 2003 | Přidoli

7. Rhyncholepis butriangula Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Wenlock→Ludlow

8. Rhyncholepis parvula Kiaer, 1911 | Wenlock→Ludlow

9. Ruhnulepis longicostata Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Přidoli

10. Rytidolepis quenstedtii Pander, 1856 | Wenlock→Ludlow

11. Schidiosteus mustelensis Pander, 1856 | Wenlock→Ludlow

12. Septentrionia mucronata Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Ludlow

13. Silmalepis erinacea Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Paadla Stage

14. Tahulalepis elongituberculata Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Ludlow

15. Trimpleylepis concatenata Miller, Märss et Blom, 2004 | Kuressaare Stage

16. Trimpleylepis juncta Miller, Märss et Blom, 2004 | Přidoli

17. Vesikulepis funiforma Blom, Märss et Miller, 2002 | Wenlock→Ludlow

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Superclass	Agnatha
Class	Cephalaspidomorphi
Subclass	Anaspida
Order	Anaspidiformes
	Birkeniiformes
Family	Birkeniidae
	Pharyngolepididae
	Pterygolepididae
	Ramsaasalepididae
	Rhyncholepididae
	Septentrioniidae
	Tahulalepididae
Genus	Ruhnulepis