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Extinct genus of jawless fishes

Aserotaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass: Heterostraci
Genus: Aserotaspis
Elliott & Loeffler, 1976
Type species
Aserotaspis canadensis
Elliott & Loeffler, 1976

Aserotaspis is an extinct genus of jawless fish which existed in what is now northern Canada. It was first named by Dineley and Loeffler in 1976, and contains the species Aserotaspis canadensis.

References

  1. ^ "A New Agnathan from the Lower Devonian of Arctic Canada, and a review of the Tessellated Heterostracans" Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine by D.K. Elliott and E.J. Loeffler, 1988.
Taxon identifiers
Aserotaspis


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