Capitaspis is an extinct genus of cyathaspidine cyathaspidid heterostracan jawless vertebrate known from the Late Silurian Somerset Island Formation (Pridolian epoch) of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It contains a single species, Capitaspis giblingi. It is most closely related to Pionaspis.[1]
| Capitaspis Temporal range: Late Silurian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Cyathaspididae |
| Subfamily: | †Cyathaspidinae |
| Genus: | †Capitaspis Elliott, 2013 |
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| †Capitaspis giblingi Elliott, 2013
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References edit
- ^ Elliott, D. K. (2013). "A new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33: 29–34. doi:10.1080/02724634.2012.717568. S2CID 130709913.
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