Capitaspis
Appearance
Capitaspis Temporal range: Late Silurian,
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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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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 (1): 29–34. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33...29E. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.717568. S2CID 130709913.