Superciliaspis is an extinct genus of jawless fish which existed in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada during the Lochkovian age.[1] Originally identified as a species of Cephalaspis (C. gabrielsi) by Dineley and Loeffler in 1976, it was reassigned to Superciliaspis gabrielsi by Adrain and Wilson in 1994.[1]
Superciliaspis gabrielsi Temporal range:
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Genus: | Superciliaspis Adrain & Wilson, 1994
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Species: | S. gabrielsi
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Superciliaspis gabrielsi (Dineley & Loeffler, 1976)
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Cephalaspis? gabrielsi Dineley & Loeffler, 1976 |
References
edit- ^ a b Jonathan M. Adrain & Mark V. H. Wilson (1994). "Early Devonian cephalaspids (Vertebrata: Osteostraci: Cornuata) from the southern Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 14 (3): 301–319. Bibcode:1994JVPal..14..301A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011561. JSTOR 4523572. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.