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Cartieraspis

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:†Placodermi
Order:†Arthrodira
Family:†Phlyctaeniidae
Cartieraspis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis sp.
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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.[1] Whether or not it is morphologically different enough from its close relative and contemporary Phlyctaenius to be considered generically distinct is dubious.

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