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psammosteids include Psammosteus, and Obruchevia, two
genera of
enormous species with
dorsal shields around one
meter in diameter. The
Psammosteids were...
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besides the tail or
caudal fin. In some pteraspids,
especially in the
psammosteids, the ends of the
branchial plates (the
plates that
covered the gills)...
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Pycnosteus Mark-Kurik, E; Obruchev, D (1968). "ON THE
EVOLUTION OF THE
PSAMMOSTEIDS (HETEROSTRACI)".
Eesti NSV
Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised. Keemia. Geoloogia...
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anchipteraspidids are
diagnostic of pteraspidids, and not of cyathaspidids. The
psammosteids are a
group of
pteraspidiforms that
forms the
sister taxon of Protopteraspididae...
- loose . "Pteraspidomorphi:
Psammosteida (2): Guerichosteids, Pycnosteids,
Psammosteids & Psammolepis".
Palaeos Vertebrates.
Fishes of the
World by
Joseph S...
- and
pteraspidid species were
applied to
Psammosteids, but
proved not to be useful. At the time,
Psammosteids were not well
characterized morphologically...
- (and best)
known genus,
Drepanaspis from the Hunsrück lagerstätte. The
Psammosteids were the only
heterostracans that
survived the
Upper Frasnian extinction...
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suggest the
living animals were, at
least superficially,
similar to
psammosteids, some authorities, such as Tarlo,
place them
within Psammosteida. Because...
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Intact specimens of
Weigeltaspis suggest a
living animal similar to
psammosteids like Drepanaspis. The
armor of
Phialaspis symmondsi (once considered...
- Pteraspididae,
Gigantaspis and Protaspididae), and the
anchipteraspidids and the
Psammosteids.
Protopteraspids are
found in
Lower Devonian marine strata of the Western...
