Simblaspis_cachensis

<i>Simblaspis</i>

Simblaspis

Genus of extinct fish

Simblaspis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish of the Early Devonian period. The type species Aleosteus eganensis was described in 1958, and was found in Pragian strata of the Qasr Limestone in Saudi Arabia.[1]

Quick Facts Scientific classification, Species ...

It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Aleosteus, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

References

  1. [1]
    Denison, R. H. (1958). Early Devonian Fishes from Utah: Part III. Arthrodira. Chicago Natural History Museum.
  2. [2]
    Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
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