Eskimaspis

Eskimaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian, 419–393 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Genus: †Eskimaspis
Dineley & Yuhai, 1984
Species
  • †Eskimaspis heintzi Dineley & Yuhai, 1984 (type)

Eskimaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Early Devonian period. The type species Eskimaspis heintzi was described in 1984, and was found in the Peel Sound Formation on Prince of Wales Island in Arctic Canada.[1]

Etymology

The generic name Eskimaspis was named after the aboriginal Eskimo people of the Canadian Arctic. The species name heintzi was named in honor of palaeontologist Anatol Heintz.[1]

Classification

Eskimaspis is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Eurycaraspis incilis

Lunaspis broilii

Arthrodira
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina


References

  1. ^ a b Dinely, D. L.; Yuhai, Liu (December 1984). "A new actinolepid arthrodire from the Lower Devonian of Arctic Canada". Palaeontology. 27 (4): 875–888.
  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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