†family Eestilepididae Märss et al. 2002 (vertebrate)

Thelodonti - Thelodontiformes - Eestilepididae

Full reference: T. Märss, R. Thorsteinsson, and M. V. Wilson. 2002. New thelodont (Agnatha) and possible chondrichthyan (Gnathostomata) taxa established in the Silurian and Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 51(2):88-120

Parent taxon: Thelodontiformes according to T. Märss et al. 2002

Sister taxa: Archipelepididae, Australolepis, Kawalepsis, Skamolepis, Talivaliidae, Thelodontidae, Turiniidae, Palaeodontidae, Thelodonti, Coelolepidae

Subtaxa: Eestilepis

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Thorstenstein Quarry, Cape Phillips Section (Silurian of Nunavut)

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