Dentapelta Scott and Wilson 2015 (vertebrate)

Osteostraci - Cephalaspidiformes - Superciliaspididae

Full reference: B. Scott and M. Wilson. 2015. The Superciliaspididae, a new family of Early Devonian Osteostraci (jawless vertebrates) from northern Canada, with two new genera and three new species. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13:167-187

Parent taxon: Superciliaspididae according to B. Scott and M. Wilson 2015

Sister taxa: Glabrapelta, Superciliaspis

Subtaxa: Dentapelta loefflerae

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Man On The Hill, UALVP locality 129 (Devonian of Northwest Territories)

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