Tetanopsyrus

Tetanopsyrus
Temporal range:
Tetanopsyrus lindoei life restoration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: †Acanthodii
Order: †Diplacanthiformes
Family: †Tetanopsyridae
Gagnier et al., 1999
Genus: †Tetanopsyrus
Gagnier et al., 1999
Species
  • Tetanopsyrus lindoei Gagnier et al., 1999
  • Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias Hanke et al., 2001

Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii.[1][2] There are two species of this genus, both of which lived in the lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of the Northwest Territories, Canada.

Species

Species Authority Referred Material Age Locality
T. lindoei Gagnier, Hanke, & Wilson, 1999[2]
  • UALVP 39078 (holotype, articulated skeleton)
  • UALVP 32571
  • UALVP 38682
  • UALVP 43026
 Early Devonian (Lochkovian) MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada
T. breviacanthias Hanke, Davis, & Wilson, 2001[1]
  • UALVP 43246 (holotype, articulated skeleton)
  • UALVP 39062 (partial)
  • UALVP 42512
  • UALVP 43089 (juvenile)
  • UALVP 44030 (juvenile)
  • UALVP 45153
 Early Devonian (Lochkovian) MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada

References

  1. 1 2 Hanke, Gavin F.; Davis, Samuel P.; Wilson, Mark V. H. (2001-12-14). "New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 21 (4): 740–753. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634. S2CID 86098457.
  2. 1 2 Gagnier, P.; Hanke, G.; Wilson, M. (1999). "Tetanopsyrus lindoei gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada". Acta Geologica Polonica. 49 (2): 81–96. ISSN 0001-5709.
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