Cephalaspidae

Extinct family of jawless fishes

Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis tenuicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Osteostraci
Subclass:
†Cornuata
Order:
†Cephalaspidida
Family:
†Cephalaspidae

Huxley 1861
Genera
  • †Cephalaspis
  • †Didymaspis Lankester 1867
  • †Eukeraspis Lankester 1870
  • †Witaaspis

Cephalaspidae is an extinct family of jawless fish in the class Osteostraci.

References

  • J. A. Moy-Thomas and R. S. Mile. 1971. Palaeozoic Fishes
  • T. H. Huxley. 1861. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangement of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23:1-40

External links

  • "Cephalaspidae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
  • Cephalaspidae at fossilworks.org (retrieved 16 April 2016)
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Osteostraci
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Subphylum: Vertebrata
Osteostraci
  • Hemicyclaspis
  • Ungulaspis
Ateleaspididae
  • Aceraspis
  • Ateleaspis
  • Hirella
Cornuata
Zenaspidida
Parameteoraspididae
  • Balticaspis
  • Escuminaspis
  • Levesquaspis
  • Parameteoraspis
  • Trewinia
Superciliaspididae
Scolenaspididae
  • Machairaspis
  • Scolenaspis
  • Ukrainaspis
Zenaspididae
  • Diademaspis
  • Stensiopelta
  • Tegaspis
  • Zenaspis
Benneviaspidida
  • Benneviaspis
  • Ectinaspis
  • Hoelaspis
  • Securiaspis
  • Severaspis
Boreaspididae
  • Belonaspis
  • Boreaspis
  • Hapilaspis
  • Spatulaspis
  • Tauraspis
Thyestiida
Kiaeraspididae
  • Acrotomaspis
  • Axinaspis
  • Gustavaspis
  • Kiaeraspis
  • Nectaspis
  • Norselaspis
Tremataspididae
  • Dobraspis
  • Oeselaspis
  • Sclerodus
  • Tannuaspis
  • Timanaspis
  • Tremataspis
Wladysagitta janvieri
Taxon identifiers
Cephalaspidae


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