Cartieraspis Temporal range:
Middle Devonian
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Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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.