Pteraspidomorpha - Cardipeltidae
Full reference: W. L. Bryant. 1933. The Fish Fauna of Beartooth Butte, Wyoming. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 72(5):285-314
Parent taxon: Heterostraci according to R. H. Denison 1966
See also Bryant 1933 and van der Laan 2019
Sister taxa: Amphiaspidiformes, Aporemaspis, Ariaspididae, Aserotaspis, Cardipeltida, Cardipeltiformes, Ceraspidae, Corvaspidida, Corvaspidiformes, Cyathaspida, Cyathaspidiformes, Drepanaspidae, Guerichosteidae, Lepidaspidida, Lepidaspidiformes, Munchoaspis, Olbiaspidida, Palaeaspidi, Psammolepis, Psammosteiformes, Pteraspidi, Pteraspidiformes, Rimasventeraspis, Strosipherus, Tesseraspidida, Tesseraspidiformes, Tolypelepidida, Tolypelepidiformes, Toombsaspis, Traquairaspidida, Traquairaspidiformes, Clydonaspis, Homaspidella, Seretaspis, Karelosteus, Pilolepsis, Archodus, Poriferaspis, Grumantaspis, Obliaspis, Schizosteus, Listraspis, Irregulariaspis, Dyreaspis, Corveolepis, Pycnaspis, Yoglinia, Ennosviaspis, Allocryptaspis, Anatolepsis, Steinaspis, Strophisterus, Gunaspis, Kiangsuaspis
Subtaxa: Cardipeltis
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (3: Wyoming collections)
Total: 3 collections including 5 occurrences