Cartieraspis
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Cartieraspis Temporal range: Middle Devonian
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File:Cartieraspis.png | |
Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis sp. | |
Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Phlyctaeniidae |
Genus: | †Cartieraspis Pageau, 1969 |
Cartieraspis is an extinct genus of Phlyctaeniid placoderm fish which lived during the Middle Devonian period in North America.[1] Whether or not it is morphologically different enough from its close relative and contemporary Phlyctaenius to be considered generically distinct is dubious.
References
- ↑ Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates, 1969-1972. Geological Society of America. 1973. ISBN 9780813711416.