Mimetaspis hoeli Wängsjö 1952 (vertebrate)

Osteostraci - Benneviaspidiformes - Mimetaspididae

Full reference: G. Wängsjö. 1952. Morphologic and systematic studies of the Spitsbergen cephalaspids. The Downtonian and Devonian vertebrates of Spitsbergen: results of Th. Vogt's expedition 1928 and the English-Norwegian-Swedish expedition 1939 10

Belongs to Mimetaspis according to G. Wängsjö 1952

Sister taxa: Mimetaspis concordis, Mimetaspis glazewskii

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tunge locality, Ben Nevis, Spitzbergen (Devonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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