Anchipteraspididae

Anchipteraspididae
Temporal range: Early Pridolian-Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Pteraspidomorpha
Subclass: †Heterostraci
Order: †Pteraspidiformes
Family: †Anchipteraspididae
Elliot, 1984
Genera
  • †Anchipteraspis
  • †Rhachiaspis
  • †Ulutitaspis
Synonyms
  • Anchipteraspidinae Elliott, 1984

Anchipteraspididae is an extinct family of heterostracan vertebrates restricted to Late Silurian and Early Devonian strata of Arctic Canada.

Anchipteraspidids superficially resemble the ancestral cyathaspidids, but, the articulation and growth patterns of the plates clearly define them as pteraspidids.

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