Tetanopsyrus

Tetanopsyrus
Temporal range: Lochkovian
Life Restoration
Scientific classification
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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 that lived through the lower Devonian (Lochkovian), some 416 to 359 million years ago.

  1. ^ 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. ^ 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.