Maideria

Maideria
Temporal range: Givetian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
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Coccosteina
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Maideria
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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

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  1. ^ 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.