Americaspis

Taxonavigation: Cyathaspidida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclassis/Classis: †Pteraspidomorphi Subclassis: †Heterostraci Ordo: †Cyathaspidiformes Subordo: †Cyathaspidida

Familia: †Cyathaspididae
Genus: †Americaspis
Species: †A. americana – †A. bitruncata – †A. claypolei

Name

Americaspis White & Moy-Thomas, 1941

• Replacement name for †Palaeaspis Claypole, 1884 preoccupied by †Palaeaspis Gray, 1870.

Type species: †Palaeaspis americana Claypole, 1884

References

• Claypole, E.W. 1884. Preliminary Note on Some Fossil Fishes Recently Discovered in the Silurian Rocks of North America. The American Naturalist, 18(12): 1222–1226. Reference page. 
• White, E.I. & Moy-Thomas, J.A. 1941. Notes on the nomenclature of fossil fishes. III. Homonyms M-Z. Annales and Magazine of Natural History 7: 395-400. Reference page. 

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