Cyathaspididae
Reconstruction of Cyathaspis banksii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	† Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:	† Heterostraci
Order:	† Cyathaspidiformes
Clade:	† Cyathaspidida
Family:	† Cyathaspididae Romer, 1945
Type genus
† Cyathaspis Lankester
Subfamilies
Ctenaspinae Cyathaspidinae Poraspinae
Synonyms
Cyathaspidei Kiaer

Cyathaspididae is an extinct family in the heterostracan order Cyathaspidiformes. ^{[1] [2]}

Cyathaspididae contains most of the genera originally contained within Cyathaspididae, as well as those genera contained within Irregularaspididae, and Poraspididae. In addition to the type genus, † Cyathaspis, Cyathaspididae contains the following genera: † Americaspis, † Archegonaspis, † Capitaspis, † Dikenaspis, † Dinaspidella, † Homaspidella, † Irregulareaspis, † Nahanniaspis, † Pionaspis, † Poraspis, † Ptomaspis, † Seretaspis, † Steinaspis, † Torpedaspis and † Veronaspis.

References

External links

• Media related to Cyathaspididae at Wikimedia Commons

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