Protaspididae

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Protaspididae
Fossil range: Silurian - Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Heterostraci
Order: Pteraspidiformes
Family: Protaspididae


The Protaspididae are an extinct marine family of fish-like vertebrates. The protaspidids existed in the early Devonian period, representing a transitional form between the Pteraspididae and the Psammosteida, bearing the broad head shield shape of the latter, due to a more benthic (bottom-dwelling) existence.

[edit] References

  1. Palaeos Vertebrates entry on order Pteraspidiformes