A new species of cyathaspid (Vertebrata: Pteraspidomorphi: Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada

A new genus and species of cyathaspid heterostracan, Faberaspis elgae, is described from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian, Pedavis pesavis conodont Zone) Drake Bay Formation of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, where it is associated with a rich shallow marine invertebrate fauna. Faberas...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: David K. Elliott, Linda S. Lassiter, Alain Blieck
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Estonian Academy Publishers 2018
Subjects:
phylogeny
Cyathaspididae
Agnatha
Heterostraci
Lower Devonian
Drake Bay Formation
Arctic Canada
Geology
QE1-996.5
Arctic
Canada
Drake Bay
Nunavut
Prince of Wales Island
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3176/earth.2018.06
https://doaj.org/article/6e21701d138446469a5cdab8cafddad0
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Summary:A new genus and species of cyathaspid heterostracan, Faberaspis elgae, is described from the Early Devonian (Lochkovian, Pedavis pesavis conodont Zone) Drake Bay Formation of Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, where it is associated with a rich shallow marine invertebrate fauna. Faberaspis is most closely related to Poraspis, but differs in details of the ornament and in possessing a more complete network of lateral line canals.

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