†Gigantaspis Heintz 1962 (jawless fish)
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Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Protopteraspididae
Alternative spelling: Protaspis (Gigantaspis)
Full reference: A. Heintz. 1962. Gigantaspis – a new genus of fam. Pteraspididae from Spitsbergen. Norsk Polarinstitutt Arbok 1960:22-27
Parent taxon: Protopteraspididae according to E. Randle and R. S. Sansom 2017
See also Blieck et al. 2002 and Denison 1970
Sister taxa: Canadapteraspis, Escharaspis, Loricopteraspis, Miltaspis, Protopteraspis, Stegobranchiaspis, Zascinaspis
Subtaxa: Gigantaspis isachseni Gigantaspis laticephala Gigantaspis minima
Ecology:
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Russian Federation (1 collection), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (4)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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