Edaphaspis

Edaphaspis bystrowi
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Pteraspidomorphi
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Order:
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Family:
Edaphaspididae

Novitskaya, 1968
Genus:
Edaphaspis
Species:
E. bystrowi
Binomial name
Edaphaspis bystrowi
Novitskaya, 1968

Edaphaspis bystrowi is an extinct amphiaspidid cyathaspidid heterostracan. Its fossils are restricted to early Devonian-aged marine strata of the Taimyr Peninsula, Early Devonian Siberia. E. bystrowi, as with all other amphiaspidids, is thought to have been a benthic filter feeder that lived on top of, or buried just below the surface of the substrate of hypersaline lagoon-bottoms. It is the only representative of the family Edaphaspididae.

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