Capitaspis
Capitaspis Temporal range: Late Silurian, Pridoli | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
Family: | †Cyathaspidae |
Subfamily: | †Cyathaspidinae |
Genus: | †Capitaspis Elliott, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Capitaspis giblingi Elliott, 2013 |
Capitaspis is an extinct genus of cyathaspidine cyathaspidid heterostracan jawless vertebrate known from the Late Silurian Somerset Island Formation (Pridolian epoch) of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It contains a single species, Capitaspis giblingi. It is most closely related to Pionaspis.[1]
References
- ↑ Elliott, D. K. (2013). "A new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33: 29–34. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.717568.
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