Protaspis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}}

{{Automatic Taxobox

| fossil_range = Late Emsian

| taxon = Protaspis

| authority = Bryant, 1933

| type_species = Pteraspis bucheri

| type_species_authority = Bryant, 1932

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

  • Protaspis bucheri (Bryant, 1932)
  • Protaspis dorfi (Bryant, 1932)
  • Protaspis macgrewi Denison, 1970

}}

Protaspis is an extinct genus of pteraspidid heterostracan agnathan which lived during the Early Devonian of the United States, with fossils found in marine strata in what is now Utah, Wyoming and Idaho.

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Category:Pteraspidiformes genera

Category:Devonian jawless fish

Category:Devonian fish of North America

Category:Fossils of the United States

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