Species

Oniscolepis dentata Pander, 1856

Type specimen data

neotype: Department of Geology, TalTech ; GIT 570-112; Ohesaare cliff; Ohesaare Stage

Reference:

Märss, T., Karatajūtė-Talimaa, V. 2009. Late Silurian - Early Devonian tessellated heterostracan Oniscolepis Pander, 1856 from the East Baltic and North Timan. pp. 43-62. DOI:10.3176/earth.2009.1.05

neotype: Department of Geology, TalTech ; GIT 232-10; Ohesaare cliff; Ohesaare Stage

Reference:

Synonymy list

1856 Oniscolepis serratus — Pander , pp. 59, fig. 6:34

1856 Oniscolepis crenulatus — Pander , pp. 59, fig. 6:35

1856 Strosipherus serratus — Pander , pp. 75, fig. 4:9a

1856 Strosipherus laevis — Pander , pp. 75, fig. 4:9b-d

1856 Oniscolepis dentatus — Pander , pp. 58, fig. 6:33

1856 Strosipherus indentatus — Pander , pp. 74, fig. 4:8a-g

1893 Oniscolepis dentata — Rohon , pp. 90-93, fig. 1:46, 3:59

1893 Oniscolepis serrata — Rohon , pp. 93-94, fig. text fig. 19

1947 Strosipherus indentatus — Gross , pp. 96-98, fig. 9:1-4, text fig 2

1961 Oniscolepis sp. indet — Gross , pp. 28-36, fig. 10,11,12A-L

Selection of related publications

Märss, T. 2025. On the Silurian and lowermost Devonian vertebrates of the Ufa Amphitheatre, the Central Urals, with emphasis on agnathans and correlations with the East Baltic. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 74, 2, 96-119. DOI:10.3176/earth.2025.07

Märss, T., Karatajūtė-Talimaa, V. 2009. Late Silurian - Early Devonian tessellated heterostracan Oniscolepis Pander, 1856 from the East Baltic and North Timan. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 58, 1, 43-62. DOI:10.3176/earth.2009.1.05

Halstead Tarlo, L. B. H. 1965. Psammosteiformes (Agnatha) - A review with descriptions of new material from the Lower Devonian of Poland. 2. Systematic part. Palaeontologia Polonica 15, 1-168.

Klassificering

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Superclass	Agnatha
Class	Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass	Heterostraci
Order	Eriptychiiformes
Family	Oniscolepididae
Genus	Oniscolepis
Species	dentata

References based on distribution

Halstead Tarlo, 1965 Ohesaare cliff Ohesaare Stage
Märss & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 2009 Ohesaare cliff Ohesaare Stage
Märss & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 2009 Kolka 54 borehole 180.2 - 181 Ohesaare Stage
Märss & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 2009 Ruhnu 500 borehole 148.1 - 1165.2 Ohesaare Stage
Märss & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 2009 Přidoli
Märss & Karatajūtė-Talimaa, 2009 Přidoli