Errivaspis

Errivaspis is an extinct genus of pteraspid heterostracan agnathan vertebrate known from fossils at the Wayne Hereford Quarry, of Early Devonian England, and of Podolia, Early Devonian Ukraine. It was originally described by Dr. Errol Ivor White as one of five form-variants of Pteraspis rostrata, i.e., "Pteraspis rostrata var. waynesis. In 1984, Alain Blieck moved var. waynesis into its own genus, Errivaspis, which he named after Dr. White. Other later researchers would then mistakenly assume that Blieck synonymized the entire genus of Pteraspis into Errivaspis.

Errivaspis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass: Heterostraci
Order: Pteraspidiformes
Family: Pteraspididae
Genus: Errivaspis
Blieck, 1984
Type species
Pteraspis rostrata var. waynensis
White, 1935
Species
  • E. waynensis (White, 1935)
  • E. depressa (Stensio, 1958)
  • E. magnipinealis (Brotzen, 1933)
Synonyms
  • Plesiopteraspis depressa Stensio, 1958
  • Pteraspis magnipinealis Brotzen, 1933
  • Pteraspis major Zych, 1927
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