Archegonaspis schmidti Geinitz 1884 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Cyathaspidiformes - Cyathaspididae

Full reference: H. Geinitz. 1884. Über ein Graptolithen-führendes Geschiebe mit Cyathaspis von Rostock. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologischen Gesellschaft 36:854-857

Belongs to Archegonaspis according to H. Geinitz 1884

Sister taxa: Archegonaspis bashkirica, Archegonaspis cornwallisensis, Archegonaspis drummondi, Archegonaspis integer, Archegonaspis lindstromi, Archegonaspis ludensis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Graptolithengestein glacial erratics at Rostock (Silurian of Germany)

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