Groenlandaspis

Groenlandaspis; Temporal range:
	Artist's reconstruction of G. antarctica
	Hatchling fossil of G. riniensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Groenlandaspididae
Genus:	†Groenlandaspis; Heintz, 1932
Type species
	Groenlandaspis mirabilis; Heintz, 1932
Other species
	G. pennsylvanica Daeschler et al., 2003; G. antarctica Ritchie, 1975; G. riniensis(Gess and Hiller, 1995); G. disjectus (Woodward, 1891) (originally Coccosteus disjectus); G. potyi Olive et al., 2015; G. theroni (Chaloner et al., 1980); G. seni Janvier, P. and A. Ritchie. 1977; G. thorezi Heintz, 1932;

Groenlandaspis is an extinct genus of arthrodire from the Late Devonian. Fossils of the different species are found in late Devonian strata in all continents except eastern Asia. The generic name commemorates the fact that the first specimens of the type species were found in Greenland.

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