Tetanopsyrus

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Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii. There are two species of this genus that lived through the lower Devonian (Lochkovian), some 416 to 359 million years ago.

Tetanopsyrus lindoei[]

Authority: Gagnier, Hanke and Wilson, 1999

Size: Length: 4 cm

Remains: Holotype (UALVP 39078): articulated skeleton.

Referred Materials: UALVP 32571, 38682, and 43026.

Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian).

Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.

Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae

Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias[]

Authority: Hanke, Davis and Wilson, 2001

Size: Length: 4 cm

Remains: (UALVP 43246): articulated skeleton

Referred Materials: UALVP 39062 (partial); UALVP 42512; UALVP 43089 (juvenile); UALVP 44030 (juvenile); UALVP 45153

Age and Distribution: Horizon: lower Devonian (Lochkovian)

Locality: MOTH locality outcrop in the Mackenzie Mountains, western Northwest Territories, Canada.

Classification: Acanthodii Diplacanthiiformes Tetanopsyridae

References[]

• Gagnier P.-Y., G. F. Hanke, and M. V. H. Wilson. 1999. Tetanopsyrus lindoei, gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada. Acta Geologica Polonica 49:81–96.
• Hanke, G. F., Davis, S. P., and Wilson, M. V. H. 2001. New species of the Acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from Northern Canada, and comments on related taxa: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, v. 21, n. 4, p. 740-753.

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