Ariaspidae

Family of jawless fishes

Ariaspidae
Artist's reconstruction of Anglaspis macculloughi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:
Heterostraci
Order:
Cyathaspidiformes
(unranked):
Cyathaspidida
Family:
Ariaspidae
Genera

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Ariaspidae is a family of extinct cyathaspidiform heterostracan agnathans in the suborder Cyathaspidida.

Family Ariaspidae contains Ariaspis, and its sister-taxa originally contained within Anglaspididae/Anglaspidinae, including Anglaspis, Listraspis, Liliaspis, and Paraliliaspis.[1]

References

  1. ^ Lundgren, Mette, and Henning Blom. "Phylogenetic relationships of the cyathaspidids (Heterostraci)." GFF 135.1 (2013): 74-84.
  • Phylogenetic patterns in the heterostracan families Cyathaspidae, Ariaspidae and Ctenaspidae. Lundgren Mette and Blom Henning, The 2nd Wiman meeting : Carl Wiman's Legacy: 100 years of Swedish Palaeontology : Uppsala 17–18 November 2011, 16-17 p.


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