Antarctaspis

Antarctaspis (meaning "Antarctica's shield") is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish which existed in Antarctica during the Givetian age of the Devonian period.^[1] The type species Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis was described White in 1968, and is known from a partial head shield discovered in the Lashly Mountains of Antarctica. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Yujiangolepis, as shown in the cladogram below: ^[1]

Eurycaraspis incilis Lunaspis broilii Arthrodira Yujiangolepis liujingensis Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis Wuttagoonaspidae Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri Yiminaspis shenme Aethaspis major Aethaspis utahensis Lehmanosteus hyperboreus Aleosteus eganensis Simblaspis cachensis Kujdanowiaspis buczacziensis Kujdanowiaspis podolica Erikaspis zychi Sigaspis lepidophora Eskimaspis heintzi Baringaspis dineleyi Proaethaspis ohioensis Anarthraspis chamberlini Heightingtonaspis anglica Phyllolepida Gavinaspis convergens Austrophyllolepis sp. Cowralepis mclachlani Phyllolepis orvini Placolepis budawangensis Actinolepidae Bollandaspis woschmidti Actinolepis spinosa Actinolepis magna Actinolepis tuberculata Bryantolepis brachycephalus Phlyctaenioidei Phlyctaeniidae Groenlandaspidae Arctaspidae Dicksonosteus arcticus Arctolepidae Brachythoraci

Actinolepidoidei Phlyctaeniina

Antarctaspis Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Givetian 387.7–382.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A. mcmurdoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Antarctaspidae
Genus:	†Antarctaspis White, 1968
Species
†Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis White, 1968 (type)