Boreaspis rostrata Stensio 1927 (vertebrate)

Osteostraci - Benneviaspidiformes - Boreaspididae

Full reference: E. Stensio. 1927. The Downtonian and Devonian vertebrates of Spitsbergen. I, Family Cephalaspidae. The Downtonian and Devonian vertebrates of Spitsbergen 1:1-409

Belongs to Boreaspis according to E. Stensio 1927

Sister taxa: Boreaspis batoides, Boreaspis ceratops, Boreaspis intermedia, Boreaspis macrorhynchus, Boreaspis puella, Boreaspis spinicornis

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Mt Sigurd slope towards the Hoffnung Glacier (Devonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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