Antarctaspis Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Givetian 387.7–382.7 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
A. mcmurdoensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Antarctaspidae
Genus:	†Antarctaspis White, 1968
Species
†Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis White, 1968 (type)

Antarctaspis (meaning "Antarctica's shield") is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish which existed in Antarctica during the Givetian age of the Devonian period.^[1] The type species Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis was described White in 1968, and is known from a partial head shield discovered in the Lashly Mountains of Antarctica. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Yujiangolepis, as shown in the cladogram below: ^[1]

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