Benneviaspidida Temporal range: Devonian
Early
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Life restoration of Boreaspis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Osteostraci |
Order: | † Benneviaspidida |
Subgroups [1] | |
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Benneviaspidida is an order of osteostracan jawless fishes which lived in the Early Devonian. The fishes in this order have a flat headshield and are dorsoventrally depressed. The first canal to lateral sensory field bifurcates near the orbit.
The cladogram below is adapted from Sansom (2009): [1]
Benneviaspidida | |
Benneviaspidida Temporal range: Devonian
Early
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---|---|
Life restoration of Boreaspis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Osteostraci |
Order: | † Benneviaspidida |
Subgroups [1] | |
|
Benneviaspidida is an order of osteostracan jawless fishes which lived in the Early Devonian. The fishes in this order have a flat headshield and are dorsoventrally depressed. The first canal to lateral sensory field bifurcates near the orbit.
The cladogram below is adapted from Sansom (2009): [1]
Benneviaspidida | |