Dinaspidella robusta Blieck and Heintz 1983 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Cyathaspidiformes - Cyathaspididae

Synonym: Dinaspis robusta Kiaer 1932 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. Blieck and N. Heintz. 1983. The cyathaspids of the Red Bay Group (Lower Devonian) of Spitsbergen. Polar Research 1(1):49-74

Belongs to Dinaspidella according to A. Blieck and N. Heintz 1983

See also Kiaer 1932

Sister taxa: Dinaspidella elegans, Dinaspidella elizabethae, Dinaspidella tenuicostata

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Fraenkelryggen section, primaeva horizon (Devonian of Norway)

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