Anaspida
Group of extinct jawless vertebrates / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the reptile group, see Anapsida. For the gastropod clade, see Anaspidea. For the freshwater crustacean family, see Anaspididae.
Anaspida ("shieldless ones") is an extinct group of jawless fish that existed from the early Silurian period to the late Devonian period.[2] They were classically regarded as the ancestors of lampreys,[3] but it is denied in recent phylogenetic analysis,[4] although some analysis show these group would be at least related.[5] Anaspids were small marine fish that lacked a heavy bony shield and paired fins, but were distinctively hypocercal.
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Anaspida | |
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Cowielepis | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Superclass: | †Anaspidomorphi |
Class: | †Anaspida Traquair, 1899 |
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†Birkenia elegans Traquair 1898 | |
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