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Auchenaspis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Thyestiida

Class
  
Osteostraci

Rank
  
Genus

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Thyestiida, Thyestes, Tremataspis, Dartmuthia, Zenaspis

Auchenaspis salteri is an extinct species of armored jawless fish of the order Thyestiida from the Late Silurian of England. In England, A. salteri's fossils are found in extreme abundance in the Lower Old Red Sandstone strata in Ledbury, Herefordshire.

A. salteri strongly resembles the thyestiids Procephalaspis and Thyestes, and within Thyestiida, it represents a transitional form between the primitive, superficially Cephalaspis-like forms, such as Thyestes, and the more specialized tremataspid thyestiids, like Tremataspis, Dartmuthia, or Dobraspis, whose headshields tend to resemble hot buns or horseshoe crabs.

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Auchenaspis Wikipedia