Alainaspis platyrhina Temporal range: Upper Silurian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordate |
Class: | Heterostraci |
Order: | Cyathaspidiformes |
Family: | Cyathaspididae |
Subfamily: | Poraspidinae |
Genus: | Alainaspis Elliott & Dineley, 1985 |
Species: | A. platyrhina |
Binomial name | |
Alainaspis platyrhina Elliott & Dineley, 1985 |
Alainaspis platyrhina is a species of jawless fish which existed 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]