Eskimaspis

Eskimaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian, 419–393 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Genus: Eskimaspis
Dineley & Yuhai, 1984
Species
  • Eskimaspis heintzi Dineley & Yuhai, 1984 (type)

Eskimaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Early Devonian period. The type species Eskimaspis heintzi was described in 1984, and was found in the Peel Sound Formation on Prince of Wales Island in Arctic Canada.[1]

  1. ^ Dinely, D. L.; Yuhai, Liu (December 1984). "A new actinolepid arthrodire from the Lower Devonian of Arctic Canada". Palaeontology. 27 (4): 875–888.