Poraspis

Poraspis
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Pteraspidomorpha
Subclass: †Heterostraci
Order: †Cyathaspidiformes
Family: †Cyathaspididae
Genus: †Poraspis
Kiær, 1930

Poraspis is an extinct genus of heterostracan.[1] Fossils are found in Late Silurian and Early Devonian marine strata of Norway, Canada and the United States.

References

  1. ^ David K. Elliott & Michael A. Petriello (2011). "New poraspids (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Early Devonian of the western United States". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31 (3): 518–530. doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.557113.