†Xylaspis Pernegre 2003 (jawless fish)
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Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Doryaspidae
Full reference: V. Pernegre. 2003. Un nouveau genre de Ptéraspidiformes (Vertebrata, Heterostraci) de la Formation de Wood Bay (Dévonien inférieur, Spitsberg). Geodiversitas 25:261-272
Parent taxon: Doryaspidae according to E. Randle and R. S. Sansom 2017
Sister taxa: Doryaspis, Woodfjordaspis
Subtaxa: Xylaspis prima
Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Mt Sigurd slope towards the Hoffnung Glacier (Devonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)
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