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Extinct genus of jawless fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cardipeltis is an extinct genus of heterostracan agnathan from marine strata of early Devonian of Utah, and Wyoming.[1][2] Species of Cardipeltis superficially resemble those of cyathaspids in having a flattened body and indistinct head covered by a large, broad, guitar pick or heart-shaped dorsal shield, and a long, scaly tail. Unlike cyathaspids, which all have a single ventral plate, however, the ventral shield of Cardipeltis is a mosaic composed of large scales.
| Cardipeltis Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
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| C. richardsoni specimen on display at the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
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| Order: | Cardipeltiformes |
| Family: | Cardipeltidae |
| Genus: | Cardipeltis Branson & Mehl, 1931 |
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| Cardipeltis wallacii | |
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