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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...
- Cephalaspidomorphs are an obsolete class of jawless fishes named for Cephalaspis of the osteostracans. Most biologists regard this taxon as extinct, but...
- and distribution are as follows: Eurypterus De Kay, 1825 ?Eurypterus cephalaspis Salter, 1856 – Silurian, England Uncertain placement. Only 3 of the specimens...
- Cephalaspis, a jawless fish...
- the prehistoric jawless fish cephalaspis, hence the name. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Crossoloricaria cephalaspis". FishBase. December 2011 version...
- Cephalaspis (a jawless fish)...
- Cephalaspidida Cephalaspis tenuicornis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata class: †Osteostraci Subclass: †Cornuata Order: †Cephalaspidida...
- 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...
- Editions. p. 23. ISBN 1-84028-152-9. Lankester, E. R. (1870). "I.—On a New Cephalaspis Discovered in America, etc". Geological Magazine. 7 (75): 397–399. Bibcode:1870GeoM...