Anchipteraspididae

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

Anchipteraspididae
Temporal range: Early Pridolian-Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:
†Heterostraci
Order:
†Pteraspidiformes
Family:
†Anchiteraspididae

(Elliot 1984)
Genera
  • †Anchipteraspis
  • †Rhachiaspis
  • †Ulutitaspis
Synonyms
  • Anchipteraspidinae Elliott 1984

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

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