Biology:Protaspis
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Short description: Extinct genus of jawless fishes
| Protaspis Temporal range: Late Emsian
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Pteraspidiformes |
| Family: | †Protaspididae |
| Genus: | †Protaspis Bryant, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| Pteraspis bucheri Bryant, 1932
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Protaspis is an extinct genus of pteraspidid heterostracan agnathan which lived during the Early Devonian of the United States , with fossils found in marine strata in what is now Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2113449 entry
