| Alainaspis platyrhina Temporal range: Upper Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordate |
| Class: | Heterostraci |
| Order: | Cyathaspidiformes |
| Suborder: | Cyathaspidida |
| Family: | Ctenaspidae |
| Genus: | Alainaspis Elliott & Dineley, 1985 |
| Species: | A. platyrhina |
| Binomial name | |
| Alainaspis platyrhina Elliott & Dineley, 1985 | |
Alainaspis platyrhina is an extinct cyathaspidid heterostracan agnathan vertebrate which existed in a marine environment in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada, during the upper Silurian period. It was first named by David Elliott and David Dineley in 1985, and is placed in the monotypic genus Alainaspis, closely related to Boothiaspis.
References
- David K. Elliott & David L. Dineley (1985). "A new heterostracan from the Upper Silurian of Northwest Territories, Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 5 (2): 103–110. doi:10.1080/02724634.1985.10011848. JSTOR 4523034.
- David K. Elliott & David L. Dineley (1991). "Additional information on Alainaspis and Boothiaspis, cyathaspidids (Agnatha: Heterostraci) from the Upper Silurian of Northwest Territories, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 65 (2): 308–313. doi:10.1017/S0022336000020540. JSTOR 1305766.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Alainaspis | |
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