Dartmuthia

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Fossil range: Late Silurian
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Agnatha
Order: Osteostraci
Genus: Dartmuthia
Dartmuthia
Length 4 in (10 cm)
Movement swimming
Age 420 million years ago
Diet carnivore
Environment ocean floor
Distribution Estonia

Dartmuthia is an extinct genus of primitive jawless fish that lived in the Silurian epoch.

To date only the creature's armored head shield (a typical trait for osteostracids) has been found. Since the mouth is positioned on the underside of the head Dartmuthia is presumed to have dwelled on the ocean floor, sucking its food into its mouth.