Alainaspis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
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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.[1] It was first named by David Elliott and David Dineley in 1985, and is placed in the monotypic genus Alainaspis, closely related to Boothiaspis.[2]
| Alainaspis platyrhina Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorpha |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Ctenaspidae |
| Genus: | †Alainaspis Elliott & Dineley, 1985 |
| Species: | †A. platyrhina |
| Binomial name | |
| †Alainaspis platyrhina Elliott & Dineley, 1985 | |
