Cephalaspis

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cephalaspida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Cladus: Hyperoartia Classis: Cephalaspidomorphi Ordo: †Cephalaspidiformes Subordo: †Cornuata Ordo: †Cephalaspida

Familia: †Cephalaspidae
Genus: †Cephalaspis
Species: C. acadica – C. campbelltonensis – C. canadensis – C. dawsoni – C. jexi – C. laticeps – C. lightbodii – C. lloydii – C. lyelli – C. murchisoni – C. novaescotiae – C. pagei – C. powriei – C. salweyi – C. westolli – C. wyomingensis

Name

Cephalaspis Agassiz, 1843

Synonyms

• †Cephalaspis corystis (Wangsjö, 1952) = Machairaspis corystis
• †Cephalaspis excellens (Wangsjö, 1952) = Waengsjoeaspis excellens
• †Cephalaspis elegans (Balabai, 1962) = Zychaspis siemiradzkii Janvier, 1985
• †Cephalaspis hastata (Wangsjö, 1952) = Machairaspis hastata
• †Cephalaspis hoeli (Stensiö, 1927) = Mimetaspis hoeli
• †Cephalaspis ibex (Wangsjö, 1952) = Machairaspis ibex
• †Cephalaspis jarviki (Wangsjö, 1952) = Diademaspis jarviki
• †Cephalaspis magnifica (Traquair, 1893) = Trewinia magnifica
• †Cephalaspis microtuberculata (Obruchev, 1961) = Escuminaspis laticeps
• †Cephalaspis pagei (Lankester, 1868) = Janaspis pagei
• †Cephalaspis patteni (Robertson, 1936) = Levesquaspis patteni
• †Cephalaspis powriei (Lankester, 1868) = Janaspis powriei
• †Cephalaspis rosamundae (Roberts, 1937) = Escuminaspis laticeps
• †Cephalaspis rostrata (Agassiz, 1835) = Pteraspis rostrata
• †Cephalaspis salweyi (Egerton, 1857) = Zenaspis salweyi
• †Cephalaspis utahensis (Branson & Mehl, 1931) = Camptaspis utahensis

Distribution

North America

• Canada

Temporal range: Devonian

References

• Agassiz, J.L.R. 1833–1844. Recherches sur les poissons fossiles. 1420 pp. Imprimerie de Petitpierre, Neuchâtel. Reference page. 
• Balabai P.P., 1962. On the cephalaspid fauna of the Podolian plateau. Naukovi zapysky Naukovo-pryodo-znavcogomuzeâ AN URSR, L'viv.
• Janvier, P. 1985a. Preliminary description of Lower Devonian Osteostraci from Podolia (Ukrainian S.S.R.). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Geology 38(5): 309–334. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Cephalaspis – Taxon details on Fossilworks.
• Cephalaspis – Taxon details on Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).