A New Pteraspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, and Comments on Environmental Preferences of Pteraspids

• Published in: Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology
• Main Authors: David K. Elliott, Hans-Peter Schultze, Alain Blieck
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology 2015
• Subjects: Arctic; Nunavut; Canada; Prince of Wales Island; Drake Bay
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2015.1005098

A new genus and species of pteraspid heterostracan, Mitraspis cracens, gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian) Drake Bay Formation of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, where it is associated with a rich shallow marine invertebrate fauna. This pteraspid is mo...