Asketaspis Dineley and Loeffler 1976 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Cyathaspidiformes - Cyathaspididae

Full reference: D. Dineley and W. Loeffler. 1976. Ostracoderm faunas of the Delorne and associated Siluri-Devonian Formations, North Western Territories, Canada. Special Papers in Palaeontology 214pp

Parent taxon: Tolypelepidinae according to K. L. Soehn and M. V. H. Wilson 1990

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Athenaegis, Tolypelepis

Subtaxa: Asketaspis interstincta

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at West of Natla River, GSC 69017 (Devonian of Northwest Territories)

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