Capitaspis

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]

Capitaspis Temporal range: Late Silurian, Pridoli PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	†Pteraspidomorpha
Subclass:	†Heterostraci
Order:	†Cyathaspidiformes
Family:	†Cyathaspididae
Subfamily:	†Cyathaspidinae
Genus:	†Capitaspis Elliott, 2013
Type species
†Capitaspis giblingi Elliott, 2013