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Genus of placoderm fishes

Cartieraspis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis sp.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Phlyctaeniidae
Genus: Cartieraspis
Pageau, 1969

Cartieraspis is an extinct genus of Phlyctaeniid placoderm fish which lived during the Middle Devonian period in North America. Whether or not it is morphologically different enough from its close relative and contemporary Phlyctaenius to be considered generically distinct is dubious.

References

  1. Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates, 1969-1972. Geological Society of America. 1973. ISBN 9780813711416.
Arthrodira
Gnathostomata
Placodermi
Arthrodira
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Arthrodira
Arthrodira
Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaenioidei
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
Brachythoraci
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
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Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Eubrachythoraci
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Cartieraspis


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