Zenaspididae

Extinct family of jawless fishes

Zenaspididae
Fossil of Zenaspis powriei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Osteostraci
Order:
Zenaspidida
Family:
Zenaspididae

Stensiö, 1958
Genera
  • Diademaspis
  • Djurinaspis
  • Machairaspis
  • Scolenaspis
  • Stensiopelta
  • Superciliaspis
  • Tegaspis
  • Ukrainaspis
  • Zenaspis
  • Janaspis

Zenaspididae is an extinct family of jawless fish in the order Zenaspida.[1][2]

Diademaspis mackenziensis cast. Early Devonian, Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories (Canada). At the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology.

References

  1. ^ A new species of osteostracan from the Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of the Mackenzie Mountains, with comments on body size, growth, and geographic distribution in the genus Machairaspis. Bradley R. Scott and Mark V.H. Wilson, Revue canadienne des sciences de la Terre, 2013, 50(2): 127-134, doi:10.1139/cjes-2012-0100
  2. ^ A New Osteostracan Fauna From The Devonian Of The Welsh Borderlands And Observations On The Taxonomy And Growth Of Osteostraci. Joseph N. Keating, Robert S. Sansom and Mark A. Purnell, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1002–1017, September 2012
  • "Zenaspididae" at the Encyclopedia of Life
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Osteostraci
Ateleaspididae
Benneviaspidida
  • Benneviaspis
  • Ectinaspis
  • Hoelaspis
  • Securiaspis
  • Severaspis
Boreaspididae
  • Belonaspis
  • Boreaspis
  • Hapilaspis
  • Spatulaspis
  • Tauraspis
Thyestiida
Kiaeraspididae
  • Acrotomaspis
  • Axinaspis
  • Gustavaspis
  • Kiaeraspis
  • Nectaspis
  • Norselaspis
Tremataspididae
  • Dobraspis
  • Oeselaspis
  • Sclerodus
  • Tannuaspis
  • Timanaspis
  • Tremataspis
Zenaspidida
Parameteoraspididae
  • Balticaspis
  • Escuminaspis
  • Levesquaspis
  • Parameteoraspis
  • Trewinia
Superciliaspididae
Scolenaspididae
  • Machairaspis
  • Scolenaspis
  • Ukrainaspis
Zenaspididae
  • Diademaspis
  • Stensiopelta
  • Tegaspis
  • Zenaspis
Wladysagitta janvieri
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Taxon identifiers
Zenaspididae


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