Superciliaspis

Superciliaspis gabrielsi; Temporal range: Lochkovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Osteostraci
Order:	Cephalaspidida
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Superciliaspis; Adrain & Wilson, 1994
Species:	S. gabrielsi
Binomial name
	Superciliaspis gabrielsi; (Dineley & Loeffler, 1976)
Synonyms
	Cephalaspis? gabrielsiDineley & Loeffler, 1976

Last updated January 30, 2026

Superciliaspis is an extinct genus of jawless fish which existed in what is now the Northwest Territories of Canada during the Lochkovian age. It hails from the MOTH locality in the Mackenzie Mountains.^[1] Originally identified as a species of Cephalaspis (C. gabrielsi) by Dineley and Loeffler in 1976, it was reassigned to Superciliaspis gabrielsi by Adrain and Wilson in 1994.^[1]

References

1 2 Jonathan M. Adrain & Mark V. H. Wilson (1994). "Early Devonian cephalaspids (Vertebrata: Osteostraci: Cornuata) from the southern Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 14 (3): 301–319. Bibcode:1994JVPal..14..301A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011561. JSTOR 4523572. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.

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[Adrain_&_Wilson-1] 1 2 Jonathan M. Adrain & Mark V. H. Wilson (1994). "Early Devonian cephalaspids (Vertebrata: Osteostraci: Cornuata) from the southern Mackenzie Mountains, N.W.T., Canada" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 14 (3): 301–319. Bibcode:1994JVPal..14..301A. doi:10.1080/02724634.1994.10011561. JSTOR 4523572. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-24.

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