Species: elgae BLIECK & KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA, 2001
Etymology: In honor of Dr. Elga Mark-Kurik of the Tallin Technical University, Estonia who has worked extensively on Devonian vertebrates from the Arctic regions, and has collected the best-preserved specimens of this new species.
= Corvaspis KURIK et al, 1982 (p. 69)
= Corvaspis cf. kingi WOODW.[sic], KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA, 1983 (p. 22)
= Corvaspis sp. nov., KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA et al, 1986 (p. 255)
= Coravaspis sp.cf. kingi KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA & BLIECK, 1999 (p. 129, table 20)
= Corvaspis sp. cf. C. kingi BLIECK & KARATAJUTE-TALIMAA (in press)

Holotype: LIG 35-333

Locality: Locality 28-1, NE of Sovetskaya Bay, along a small stream near to the Al’banov Glacier (Ca. 600 m from the glacier when it was sampled), west coast of October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, Artic.

Horizon: Severnaya Zemlya Formation, bed equivalent to the upper part of the Severnaya Semlya Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lochkovian Stage, Early Devonian Epoch, Early Devonian.

Material: A partily-articulated dorsal shield and trunk.

Referred material:

Locality: Locality 67-12, along a left tributary of Pod’emnaya River, western part of October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, Artic.

Horizon: Severnaya Zemlya Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lochkovian Stage, Early Devonian Epoch, Early Devonian.

Material:

Paratypes:

LIG 35-330, slide no 1296: Fragmentary carapace with parts of both the dorsal and ventral shields.

Syntypes:

LIG 35-431: Natural external mods of dorsal shield.

LIG 35-544: Internal mold of a probable dorsal shield.

Locality: Locality 1-21, along the left bank of Matusevich River, central part of October Revolution Island, Severnaya Zemlya Archipelago, Artic.

Horizon: Severnaya Zemlya Formation.

Biostratigraphy:

Age: Lower Lochkovian Stage, Early Devonian Epoch, Early Devonian.

Material:

Syntypes:

LIG 35-431, 35-432: Natural external mods of dorsal shield.

LIG 35-417: Fragment of trunk squamation.