Psammolepis alata Obruchev 1965 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Full reference: D. B. Obruchev. 1965. Vertebrata, in The Development and Change of Marine Organisms at the Palaeozoic-Mesozoic Boundary. Akademiya Nauk SSSR, Trudy Paleontologicheskogo Instituta 108:266-267

Belongs to Psammolepis according to D. B. Obruchev 1965

Sister taxa: Psammolepis abavica, Psammolepis aerata, Psammolepis groenlandica, Psammolepis paradoxa, Psammolepis toriensis, Psammolepis venyukovi

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at MDF Gauja (Devonian of Latvia)

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