Baringaspis
Fossil rangeEarly Devonian,
TaxonBaringaspis
AuthorityMiles, 1973
Subdivision ranksSpecies
Subdivision
  • Baringaspis dineleyi Miles, 1973 (type)

Baringaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Early Devonian period. The type species Baringaspis dineleyi was described in 1973, and was found in the Peel Sound Formation on Prince of Wales Island in Arctic Canada.[1]

It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:

References

  1. ^ Elliot, D. K. (1984). "Siluro-Devonian fish biostratigraphy of the Canadian arctic islands". Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W.. 107 (3): 197-209.