Maideria
Maideria Temporal range: Givetian
| |
---|---|
![]() | |
Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
|
Phylum: | Chordata
|
Class: | |
Order: | |
Suborder: | |
Infraorder: | Coccosteina
|
Family: | |
Genus: | Maideria
|
Species: | M. falipoui
|
Binomial name | |
Maideria falipoui |
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.
Categories:
- Arthrodira enigmatic taxa
- Placoderms of Africa
- Fossil taxa described in 1995
- Arthrodire genera
- Placoderm stubs