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Zenaspididae

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Zenaspididae
Fossil of Zenaspis powriei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteostraci
Order: Zenaspidida
Family: Zenaspididae
Stensiö, 1958
Genera

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

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

References

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  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
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