Ateleaspis
| Ateleaspis Temporal range: Wenlock to Lower Devonian | |
|---|---|
| Ateleaspis tessellata | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Osteostraci |
| Order: | †Atelaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Ateleaspididae |
| Genus: | †Ateleaspis Traquair, 1899 |
| Species: | †A. tessellata |
| Binomial name | |
| †Ateleaspis tessellata Traquair, 1899 | |
Ateleaspis is an extinct genus of primitive ostracoderm fish that lived in the Silurian period (Wenlock Epoch) to the Lower Devonian. Like other ostracoderms, Ateleaspis had a head shield similar to that of Cephalaspis. Species from Silurian period were found in Norway and Scotland, but now has been found also in Siberia from Early Devonian period.
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