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A new genus of ptyctodont (Placodermi) from the Late Devonian of Baltic area. / Trinajstic, Kate; Long, John; Ivanov, A.I.; Mark-Kurik, Elga.
In: Palaeontologia Electronica, Vol. 22, No. 2, 2019, p. 1-19.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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T1 - A new genus of ptyctodont (Placodermi) from the Late Devonian of Baltic area
AU - Trinajstic, Kate
AU - Long, John
AU - Ivanov, A.I.
AU - Mark-Kurik, Elga
PY - 2019
Y1 - 2019
N2 - The ptyctodont fish first referred to as Chelyophorus pskovensis Obruchev, 1947 from the Early Frasnian (Late Devonian) of Velikaya River, Pskov Region, Russia, is redescribed following the collection of additional materials from the contemporaneous Meeksi Mill outcrop, Estonia; Piskovichi and Snetnaya Gora outcrops, Russia and is here referred to Meeksiella gen. nov. With the exception of an articulated skull roof, the fossils occur as three dimensionally preserved isolated plates, and this has allowed accurate reconstruction of the dermal skeleton. A phylogenetic analysis resolves Meeksiella pskovensis gen. et sp. nov. within a previously recovered cluster of taxa which includes Ctenurella from Europe and Austroptyctodus from Western Australia, demonstrating global distribution of this clade during the Late Devonian.
AB - The ptyctodont fish first referred to as Chelyophorus pskovensis Obruchev, 1947 from the Early Frasnian (Late Devonian) of Velikaya River, Pskov Region, Russia, is redescribed following the collection of additional materials from the contemporaneous Meeksi Mill outcrop, Estonia; Piskovichi and Snetnaya Gora outcrops, Russia and is here referred to Meeksiella gen. nov. With the exception of an articulated skull roof, the fossils occur as three dimensionally preserved isolated plates, and this has allowed accurate reconstruction of the dermal skeleton. A phylogenetic analysis resolves Meeksiella pskovensis gen. et sp. nov. within a previously recovered cluster of taxa which includes Ctenurella from Europe and Austroptyctodus from Western Australia, demonstrating global distribution of this clade during the Late Devonian.
KW - Estonia
KW - Frasnian
KW - New genus
KW - Phylogeny
KW - Placoderm
KW - Pskov Region
KW - Ptyctodont
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85068025815&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.26879/890
DO - 10.26879/890
M3 - Article
VL - 22
SP - 1
EP - 19
JO - Palaeontologia Electronica
JF - Palaeontologia Electronica
SN - 1935-3952
IS - 2
ER -
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