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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...
- prehistoric jawless fish cephalaspis, hence the name. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Crossoloricaria cephalaspis" in FishBase. December 2011...
- Cephalaspidomorphs are a group of jawless fishes named for Cephalaspis of the osteostracans. Most biologists regard this taxon as extinct, but the name...
- television series Walking with Monsters. It is shown as aquatic, hunting Cephalaspis, being eaten by Pterygotus. "Fossilworks: Brontoscorpio". fossilworks...
- Cephalaspis (a jawless fish)...
- Cephalaspis, a jawless fish...
- range: Wenlock–Late Devonian, 433–359 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Cephalaspis species Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
- 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...
- other ostracoderms, Ateleaspis had a head shield similar to that of Cephalaspis. Species from Silurian period were found in Norway and Scotland, but...
- Sandstone] (Devonian of Ukraine). Z. elegans ( which was once known as Cephalaspis elegans (Balabai, 1962) is found on the Podolian plateau. Preliminary...