Capitaspis
{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}}
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| taxon = Capitaspis
| fossil_range = Late Silurian, {{fossil_range|Pridoli}}
| type_species = {{extinct}}Capitaspis giblingi
| type_species_authority = Elliott, 2013
}}
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.{{Cite journal | last1 = Elliott | first1 = D. K. | doi = 10.1080/02724634.2012.717568 | title = A new cyathaspid (Agnatha, Heterostraci) with an articulated oral cover from the Late Silurian of the Canadian Arctic | journal = Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology | volume = 33 | pages = 29–34 | year = 2013 | issue = 1 | bibcode = 2013JVPal..33...29E | s2cid = 130709913 }}
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Category:Cyathaspidiformes genera
Category:Monotypic prehistoric fish genera
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2013
Category:Silurian jawless fish
Category:Paleontology in the Northwest Territories
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