Aethaspis

Aethaspis
Temporal range: Devonian: Pragian,
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Genus: †
Denison, 1958
Species
  • †Aethaspis major Denison, 1958 (type)
  • †Aethaspis utahensis Denison, 1958

Aethaspis is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Devonian period. Two species were described by Denison in 1958: Aethapsis major and Aethapsis utahensis.[1] It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below: [2]

Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina


References

  1. ^ Van Valen, Leigh (January 1963). "The Head Shield of Macropetalichthys (Arthrodira)". Journal of Paleontology. 37 (1): 257–263.
  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" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.


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