Zenaspis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless fishes}}

{{Taxobox

| image = Zenaspis cf powriei.jpg

| image_caption = Fossil of Zenaspis powriei

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Early Devonian}}

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = Osteostraci

| subclassis = Cornuata

| ordo = Zenaspidida

| familia = Zenaspididae

| genus = Zenaspis

| genus_authority = Lankester, 1869

| type_species = Zenaspis salweyi

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *Zenaspis pagei

  • Zenaspis podolica
  • Zenaspis powriei
  • Zenaspis salweyi
  • Zenaspis waynensis

}}

Zenaspis is an extinct genus of osteostracan jawless fish which existed during the early Devonian period. Due to it being jawless, Zenaspis was probably a bottom feeder. Zenaspis was around 10 inches (25 cm) in length. It had a horseshoe shaped head that probably sheltered a small brain.

File:Zenaspis NT small.jpg

{{Osteostraci}}

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Category:Osteostraci genera

Category:Devonian jawless fish

Category:Early Devonian fish of Europe

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