Baringaspis

Baringaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Genus: Baringaspis
Miles, 1973
Species
  • 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.

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

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira

Yujiangolepis liujingensis

Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina
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