Mitraspis cracens Elliott et al. 2015 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Pteraspididae

Full reference: D. K. Elliott, H. Schultze, and A. Blieck. 2015. A new pteraspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Lower Devonian Drake Bay Formation, Prince of Wales Island, Nunavut, Arctic Canada, and comments on environmental preferences of pteraspids. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35(6):e1005098

Belongs to Mitraspis according to D. K. Elliott et al. 2015

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Locality P8 of Langenstrassen and Schultze (1996). (Devonian of Nunavut)

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