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Definition of Cephalaspis

Cephalaspis
Cephalaspis Ceph`a*las"pis, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? head + ? a shield.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

Meaning of Cephalaspis from wikipedia

- species) †"Cephalaspis" aarhusi (Wangsjö, 1952) †"Cephalaspis" ag****izi (Lankester, 1868) †"Cephalaspis" brevirostris (Denison, 1952) †"Cephalaspis" broughi...
- and distribution are as follows: Eurypterus De Kay, 1825 ?Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter, 1856 – Silurian, England Uncertain placement. Only 3 of the specimens...
- the prehistoric jawless fish cephalaspis, hence the name. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crossoloricaria cephalaspis". FishBase. December 2011 version...
- Cephalaspis, a jawless fish...
- plate') is an extinct genus of primitive jawless fish, closely related to Cephalaspis, that lived in the Late Silurian (Pridoli) to Devonian period in what...
- Reconstruction of Cephalaspis lyelli...
- that the shield has no pineal foramen (the "hole" between the eyes of Cephalaspis and its relatives), and that an opening at the base of the rostrum gives...
- Cephalaspidae Cephalaspis tenuicornis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: †Osteostraci Subclass: †Cornuata Order: †Cephalaspidida...
- is "Himantopterus" lanceolata Salter (1856); genus also includes S. cephalaspis (Salter in Sedgwick and McCoy, 1855). Tigrisopterus Gen. et sp. nov Wang...
- Cephalaspis (a jawless fish)...