Ariaspis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}}
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| fossil_range = Late Silurian - Early Devonian
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = Pteraspidomorphi
| subclassis = Heterostraci
| ordo = Cyathaspidiformes
| subordo = Cyathaspidida
| familia = Ariaspidae
| genus = Ariaspis
}}
Ariaspis is an extinct genus of cyathaspidiform heterostracan agnathan. Fossils are found in marine strata of Canada and Europe from the late Silurian period until its extinction during the Early Devonian. A new species, A. arctata, was described by David K. Elliott and Sandra Swift in 2010.{{Cite journal | doi=10.1080/02724634.2010.521900|title = A new species of Ariaspis(Agnatha, Heterostraci) from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic| journal=Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology| volume=30| issue=6| pages=1874–1878|year = 2010|last1 = Elliott|first1 = David K.| last2=Swift| first2=Sandra}}
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Category:Cyathaspidiformes genera
Category:Devonian jawless fish
Category:Silurian jawless fish
Category:Silurian first appearances
Category:Early Devonian genus extinctions
Category:Silurian fish of North America
Category:Silurian fish of Europe
Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories
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