A new scolenaspidid (Osteostraci, Vertebrata) from the Lower Devonian of Podolia, Ukraine |
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| Authors: | Anders Carlsson Henning Blom |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Subdepartment of Evolutionary Organismal Biology, Norbyvagen 18A, Uppsala University, SE-752 36 Uppsala, Sweden |
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| Abstract: | Anew osteostracan genus and species,Victoraspis longicornualis n. gen., n. sp., is described based on material from Rakovets’, present day Ukraine. This new taxon shares characters with the two generaStensiopelta Denison, 1951 andZychaspis Janvier, 1985. A phylogenetic analysis supports the position ofVictoraspis as the sister group to a monophyleticStensiopelta, while the interrelationships of the various species ofZychaspis are poorly resolved. A morphometric analysis is carried out in an attempt to further resolve the taxonomic affinity. This analysis groups all examinedZychaspis species closely together, and further supports the establishment ofVictoraspis as separate genus. |
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| Keywords: | Lower Devonian Osteostraci Victoraspis Scolenaspididae Podolia phylogenetics morphometrics |
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