Proaethaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian: Pragian, 410–407 Ma
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Genus: †Proaethaspis
Denison, 1978
Species
  • †Proaethaspis ohioensis Denison, 1960 (type)

Proaethaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Early Devonian period.[1] The type species Proaethaspis ohioensis was described in 1960, but was assigned to the genus Proaethaspis in 1978.

Classification

Proaethaspis is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Baringaspis, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

References

  1. ^ Johnson, H.G.; Elliot, David; Wittke, James (2000). "A new actinolepid arthrodire (Class Placodermi) from the lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, East-Centrai Nevada". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129: 241–266. doi:10.1006/zjls.1999.0206.
  2. ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.


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