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†Cephalaspis Agassiz 1835 (vertebrate)

Osteostraci - Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspididae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome II (5me livraison) 85-200

Parent taxon: Cephalaspididae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Bryant 1933, Dumbrava and Blieck 2005, Gardiner 1966, Hay 1902, Huxley 1861, Owen 1859, Sansom 2009 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxon: Eukeraspis

Subtaxa: Cephalaspis (Cwmaspis) Cephalaspis acadica Cephalaspis agassizi Cephalaspis campbelltonensis Cephalaspis canadensis Cephalaspis dawsoni Cephalaspis gabrielsei Cephalaspis jexi Cephalaspis laticeps Cephalaspis lewisii Cephalaspis lightbodii Cephalaspis lloydii Cephalaspis lyelli Cephalaspis murchisoni Cephalaspis novaescotiae Cephalaspis oeselensis Cephalaspis pagei Cephalaspis podolica Cephalaspis powriei Cephalaspis rostratus Cephalaspis scotica Cephalaspis westolli Cephalaspis whitei Cephalaspis wyomingensis

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Ecology:

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (10: New Brunswick, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Quebec collections), Norway (8), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (12), United States (2: Wyoming)

• Silurian of Lithuania (1), the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 38 collections including 42 occurrences

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