Capitaspis

Capitaspis
Temporal range: Late Silurian, Pridoli
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

  1. 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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