Mitraspis
| Mitraspis Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorpha |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Pteraspidiformes |
| Family: | †Pteraspididae |
| Genus: | †Mitraspis |
| Species: | †M. cracens
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| Binomial name | |
| †Mitraspis cracens Elliott et. al., 2015
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Mitraspis is an extinct genus of pteraspidid that lived during the Lochkovian stage of the Early Devonian epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Mitraspis cracens is known from the Drake Bay Formation of Prince of Wales Island in Nunavut, Canada.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Elliott, David K.; Schultze, Hans-Peter; Blieck, Alain (2 November 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. doi:10.1080/02724634.2015.1005098. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 25 June 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.