Tetanopsyrus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of cartilaginous fishes}}
{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Lochkovian}}
| image = Tetanopsyrus lindoei.png
| image_caption = Life Restoration
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Acanthodii
| ordo = Diplacanthida
| familia = Tetanopsyridae
| familia_authority = Gagnier et al., 1999
| genus = Tetanopsyrus
| genus_authority = Gagnier et al., 1999
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = *Tetanopsyrus lindoei Gagnier et al., 1999
- Tetanopsyrus breviacanthias Hanke et al., 2001
}}
Tetanopsyrus is a genus of Acanthodii.{{Cite journal |last1=Hanke |first1=Gavin F. |last2=Davis |first2=Samuel P. |last3=Wilson |first3=Mark V. H. |date=2001-12-14 |title=New species of the acanthodian genus Tetanopsyrus from northern Canada, and comments on related taxa |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1671/0272-4634%282001%29021%5B0740%3ANSOTAG%5D2.0.CO%3B2 |journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology |volume=21 |issue=4 |pages=740–753 |doi=10.1671/0272-4634(2001)021[0740:NSOTAG]2.0.CO;2 |s2cid=86098457 |issn=0272-4634}}{{Cite journal |last1=Gagnier |first1=P. |last2=Hanke |first2=G. |last3=Wilson |first3=M. |date=1999 |title=Tetanopsyrus lindoei gen. et sp. nov., an Early Devonian acanthodian from the Northwest Territories, Canada |url=http://yadda.icm.edu.pl/baztech/element/bwmeta1.element.baztech-article-BGPK-0055-2149 |journal=Acta Geologica Polonica |language=EN |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=81–96 |issn=0001-5709}} 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
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{{Chondrichthyan genera|A.}}
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Category:Early Devonian cartilaginous fish
Category:Devonian cartilaginous fish of North America
Category:Fossils of British Columbia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1999
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