Cephalaspis oeselensis Robertson 1939 (vertebrate)

Petromyzontida - Cephalaspidiformes

Full reference: G. Robertson. 1939. An Upper Silurian vertebrate horizon with description of a new species, Cephalaspis oeselensis. Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science 42:357-363

Belongs to Cephalaspis according to G. Robertson 1939

See also Denison 1951

Sister taxa: Cephalaspis (Cwmaspis), Cephalaspis acadica, Cephalaspis agassizi, Cephalaspis campbelltonensis, Cephalaspis canadensis, Cephalaspis dawsoni, Cephalaspis gabrielsei, Cephalaspis jexi, Cephalaspis laticeps, Cephalaspis lewisii, Cephalaspis lightbodii, Cephalaspis lloydii, Cephalaspis lyelli, Cephalaspis murchisoni, Cephalaspis novaescotiae, Cephalaspis pagei, Cephalaspis podolica, Cephalaspis powriei, Cephalaspis rostratus, Cephalaspis scotica, Cephalaspis westolli, Cephalaspis whitei, Cephalaspis wyomingensis

Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cephalaspis oeselensis in the database

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