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Cephalaspidae

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Extinct family of jawless fishes This article is about the prehistoric fish taxon. For the gastropod taxon, see Cephalaspidea.

Cephalaspidae
Cephalaspis tenuicornis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteostraci
Subclass: Cornuata
Order: Cephalaspidida
Family: Cephalaspidae
Huxley 1861
Genera

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

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Osteostraci
Osteostraci
Ateleaspididae
Cornuata
Benneviaspidida
Boreaspididae
Thyestiida
Kiaeraspididae
Tremataspididae
Zenaspidida
Parameteoraspididae
Superciliaspididae
Scolenaspididae
Zenaspididae
Wladysagitta janvieri
Taxon identifiers
Cephalaspidae


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