- Ateleaspis
Taxobox
name = "Ateleaspis"
status = Fossil
fossil_range = EarlySilurian toEarly Devonian
image_caption = "Ateleaspis tessellata"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Chordata
subphylum =Vertebrata
infraphylum =Agnatha
classis =Osteostraci
genus = "Ateleaspis "
species = "A. tessellata"
binomial = "Ateleaspis tessellata"
binomial_authority = Alexander Ritchie, 1967"Ateleaspis" is an
extinct genus of primitiveostracoderm fish that lived in the EarlySilurian toEarly Devonian periods. Like other ostracoderms, "Ateleaspis" had a head shield similar to that of "Cephalaspis ". Species from Silurian period were found inNorway andScotland , but now has been found also inSiberia from Early Devonian period.Description
"Ateleaspis" possibly is the the most basal vertebrate with paired fins. "Ateleaspis" was a small fish (about 15 - 20 cm) and had a flat headshield a narrow trunk covered by brick-like scales.
External links
* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/050Thelodonti/050.600.html#Ateleaspis Ateleaspis at Palaeos]
* [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_name=Ateleaspis&is_real_user=1 Ateleaspis species location & chronology]
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