Anarthraspis

Anarthraspis is an extinct genus of placoderm fishes which lived during the Early Devonian period.[2] The type species, Anarthraspis chamberlini, was a contemporary of the placoderm Bryantolepis. The specific epithet, chamberlini, honours British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain.

Anarthraspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Placodermi
Order:
Arthrodira
Family:
Actinolepidae
Genus:
Anarthraspis
Species:
  • A. chamberlini
  • A. montanus[1]
Binomial name
Anarthraspis chamberlini
Bryant, 1934

References
  1. Camp, Charles Lewis; Taylor, David Nathaniel; Welles, Samuel Paul (1942). Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates, 1934-1938. The Society. p. 462. ISBN 978-0-8137-2042-5.
  2. Schultze, Hans-Peter (1978). Handbook of Paleoichthyology. G. Fischer Verlag. pp. 45–47. ISBN 978-3-437-30265-7.


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