Cartieraspis

Genus of placoderm fishes

Cartieraspis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
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

  1. ^ Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates, 1969-1972. Geological Society of America. 1973. ISBN 9780813711416.
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Arthrodira
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
  • Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
  • Class: "Placodermi"
Gnathostomata
    • see Gnathostomata
Placodermi
    • see Placodermi
Arthrodira
    • see below↓
Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
  • Elvaspis
  • Williamsaspis
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
    • see below↓
Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Cartieraspis


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