Cephalaspis

Cephalaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian (Lochkovian to Emsian), 415–398 Ma
Digital recreation of Cephalaspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteostraci
Genus: Cephalaspis
Agassiz, 1835[1]
Species:
C. lyelli
Binomial name
Cephalaspis lyelli
Agassiz, 1835

Cephalaspis (from Greek: κεφαλή kephalḗ, 'head' and Greek: ἀσπίς aspís, 'shield') is a possibly monotypic genus of extinct osteostracan agnathan vertebrate. It was a trout-sized detritivorous fish that lived in the early Devonian.

  1. ^ L. Agassiz. 1835. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (livr. 18).