Proaethaspis_ohioensis

<i>Proaethaspis</i>

Proaethaspis

Genus of extinct fish

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.

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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. [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. [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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