Maideria
Maideria Temporal range: Givetian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Placodermi |
Order: | Arthrodira |
Suborder: | Brachythoraci |
Infraorder: | Coccosteina |
Family: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Maideria |
Species: | M. falipoui |
Binomial name | |
Maideria falipoui Lelièvre 1995[1] |
Maideria falipoui is a long-snouted brachythoracid arthrodire placoderm from the Lower Middle Givetian epoch of Middle Devonian South Morocco, in what is now the Anti-Atlas Mountains. Although M. falipoui superficially resembles Buchanosteus, albeit with an elongated snout or rostrum, M. falipoui is considered to be a basal member of the group Coccosteina, thus, it has not yet been given any familial ranking.
References
- ^ LELIÈVRE, Hervé (1995). "Description of Maideria falipoui ng, n. sp., long-snouted brachythoracid (Vertebrata, Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Givetian of Maider (South Morocco), with a phylogenetic analysis of primitive brachythoracids". Bulletin of the National Museum of Natural History, Paris. 4 (17): 163–207. Archived from the original on 2006-11-19. Retrieved 2012-07-28.
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