Capitaspis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Capitaspis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
Family: | †Cyathaspididae |
Subfamily: | †Cyathaspidinae |
Genus: | †Capitaspis Elliott, 2013 |
Type species | |
†Capitaspis giblingi Elliott, 2013 |
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