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Capitaspis Temporal range: Late Silurian, Pridoli |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Cyathaspidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cyathaspidinae |
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†Capitaspis Elliott, 2013 |
| Type species | |
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†Capitaspis giblingi Elliott, 2013 |
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Capitaspis is an extinct genus of cyathaspidine cyathaspidid heterostracan jawless vertebrate known from the Late Silurian Somerset Island Formation (Pridolian epoch) of the Northwest Territories, Canada. It contains a single species, Capitaspis giblingi. It is most closely related to Pionaspis.