Traquairaspis is a genus of extinct heterostracan agnathan fish known from the Silurian and Early Devonian periods. It is predominantly known from Late Silurian fluvial deposits from Wales and England: some species were also found in shallow water marine environment in Canada and North America.[1]
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| Genus: | Traquairaspis Kiær 1932
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| Traquairaspis campbelli (Traquair 1912) Kiær 1932
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The head-shield and body armor of most species form an almond shape. Plates have a distinctive ornamentation of tubercles: this ornamentation is very similar to the plate ornamentation of the heterostracan Weigeltaspis. This similarity of ornamentation creates much confusion over the taxonomical placement of Weigeltaspis, in addition to confusion over whether or not an isolated plate is of Traquairaspis, or of Weigeltaspis.[2]
The generic name honors Ramsay Heatley Traquair.
References edit
- ^ Dineley, DL (1964). "New specimens of Traquairaspis from Canada". Palaeontology. 7 (2): 210–219. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2015-07-19.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Tarlo, Halstead. "LB t1965) Psammosteiformes tAgnatha)—A review with descriptions of new material from the Lower Devonian of Poland, II. Systematic Part." Palaeontologia Polonica 15: 168. Pages 20-21
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