Anchipteraspididae

Anchipteraspididae

Anchipteraspididae

Extinct family of jawless fishes

Anchipteraspididae is an extinct family of heterostracan vertebrates restricted to Late Silurian and Early Devonian strata of Arctic Canada.[1]

Quick Facts Anchipteraspididae Temporal range: Early Pridolian-Early Devonian, Scientific classification ...

Anchipteraspidids superficially resemble the ancestral cyathaspidids, but, the articulation and growth patterns of the plates clearly define them as pteraspidids.

References

  1. [1]
    Elliott, D. K. "A new subfamily of the Pteraspididae (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the upper Silurian and lower Devonian of Arctic Canada." Palaeontology 27.1 (1984): 169-197. Archived 2015-10-21 at the Wayback Machine
  • On the recent discovery of Pteraspidian fish in the upper Silurian rocks of North America. Edward Waller Claypole, Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. 1885, volume 41, pages 48–64, doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1885.041.01-04.10
  • Revised classification of Pteraspididae with description of new forms from Wyoming. Robert Howland Denison, Fieldiana. Geology ; v. 20, no. 1, doi:10.5962/bhl.title.3330


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