Europrotaspis White 1961 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Pteraspididae

Parent taxon: Pteraspididae according to L. Sallan et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Archaeoteuthis, Chiastolepis, Doryaspidinae, Ecphymaspis, Glossoidaspis, Holaspis, Kallostrakon, Mitraspis, Mylopteraspis, Palaeoteuthis, Podolaspis, Pteraspidinae, Rhachiaspis, Scaphaspis, Scutellaspis, Semipodolaspis, Sphagodus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Besom Farm Quarry, Shropshire - 'upper Cornstone' (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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