Cephalaspidae
{{Short description|Extinct family of jawless fishes}}
{{about|the prehistoric fish taxon|the gastropod taxon|Cephalaspidea}}
{{Taxobox
| fossil_range =
| image =Cephalaspis tenuicornis.jpg
| image_caption =Cephalaspis tenuicornis
| regnum = Animalia
| phylum = Chordata
| classis = †Osteostraci
| subclassis = †Cornuata
| ordo = †Cephalaspidida
| familia = †Cephalaspidae
| familia_authority = Huxley 1861
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
- †Cephalaspis
- †Didymaspis Lankester 1867
- †Eukeraspis Lankester 1870
- †Witaaspis
| synonyms =
}}
Cephalaspidae is an extinct family of jawless fish in the class Osteostraci.
References
{{Reflist}}
- J. A. Moy-Thomas and R. S. Mile. 1971. Palaeozoic Fishes
- T. H. Huxley. 1861. Preliminary essay upon the systematic arrangement of the fishes of the Devonian Epoch. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, decade 10 23:1-40
External links
- {{eol|4656251}}
- [https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=209372 Cephalaspidae at fossilworks.org] (retrieved 16 April 2016)
{{Osteostraci}}
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Category:Prehistoric jawless fish families
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