Pteraspis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pteraspis (from Greek: πτερόν pteron 'wing' or 'fin' and Greek: ἀσπίς aspís 'shield') is an extinct genus of pteraspidid heterostracan agnathan vertebrate that lived from the Lochkovian to Eifelian epochs of the Devonian period in what is now Brazil (Eifelian Maecuru Formation), Britain (Lochkovian Ditton Group), Ukraine (Lochkovian Ivane Suite, Pragian Babin Sandstone) and Belgium.[citation needed]
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Pteraspis | |
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Restoration of P. rostrata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | †Pteraspidomorphi |
Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
Order: | †Pteraspidiformes |
Family: | †Pteraspididae |
Genus: | †Pteraspis Kner, 1847 |
Type species | |
Cephalaspis rostrata Agassiz, 1835 | |
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