Petromyzontida - Cephalaspidiformes
Belongs to Cephalaspis according to B. G. Gardiner 1966
See also Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Cephalaspis (Cwmaspis), Cephalaspis acadica, Cephalaspis agassizi, Cephalaspis campbelltonensis, Cephalaspis canadensis, 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
Type specimen: Its type locality is North side of Gaspé Bay [Gaspé Sandstone], which is in the Emsian of sandstone Canada
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at North side of Gaspé Bay [Gaspé Sandstone]
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