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Benneviaspidida

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Kingdom
  
Class
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Rank
  
Order

Benneviaspidida

Similar
  
Thyestiida, Ateleaspis, Auchenaspis, Boreaspis, Zenaspis

Benneviaspidida is an order in the cladogram of the prehistoric jawless fishes which lived in the Early Devonian. The fishes in order Benneviaspidida have flat headshield and are dorsoventrally depressed. They have also a short body. The first canal to lateral sensory field bifurcates near the orbit.

Phylogeny

  • Osteostraci
  • Ateleaspis
  • Aceraspis
  • Tuvaspis
  • Hirella
  • Hemicyclaspis
  • Tremataspidae
  • Dartmuthiidae
  • Sclerodontidae
  • Tannuaspidida
  • Cornuata
  • Cephalaspidida
  • Zenaspidida
  • Benneviaspidida
  • References

    Benneviaspidida Wikipedia