Proaethaspis
Genus of extinct fish
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Proaethaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Early Devonian period.[1] The type species Proaethaspis ohioensis was described in 1960, but was assigned to the genus Proaethaspis in 1978.
| Proaethaspis Temporal range: Early Devonian: Pragian, | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Genus: | †Proaethaspis Denison, 1978 |
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Classification
Proaethaspis is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Baringaspis, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina |
