Maideria
| Maideria Temporal range: Givetian
| |
|---|---|
| |
| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| 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.
 | This article about a placoderm is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |