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Psammosteiforms, including Tartuosteus (?) zheleznogorskensis, sp. nov. and Psammosteus cf. P. praecursor Obruchev, from the Lower Frasnian (Upper Devonian) of the Mikhailovskii Mine (Kursk Region) are described. Agnathans, placoderms, crossopterygians, and acanthodians from this locality are determined. The similarity of the Mikhailovskii Fish Assemblage to the assemblage of southern Timan suggests it be assigned to the Upper Timan Regional Stage.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Moloshnikov, 2007, published in Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 2007, No. 5, pp. 84–88.
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Moloshnikov, S.V. Psammosteiforms (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Frasnian of the Mikhailovskii Mine, Kursk Region, Russia. Paleontol. J. 41, 558–563 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0031030107050115
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