A New Cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an Articulated Oral Cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic

A new genus and species of cyathaspid heterostracan, Capitaspis giblingi, gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Late Silurian (Pridolian) Upper Member of the Somerset Island Formation, Northwest Territories, Canada. The new species is most closely related to Pionaspis in the subfamily Cyathaspidin...

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Published in:Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
Main Author: David K. Elliott
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2013
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.717568