Petromyzontida - Cephalaspidiformes - Cephalaspidae
Belongs to Cephalaspis according to B. G. Gardiner 1966
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Cephalaspis acadica, Cephalaspis campbelltonensis, Cephalaspis canadensis, Cephalaspis dawsoni, Cephalaspis laticeps, Cephalaspis lewisii, Cephalaspis lightbodii, Cephalaspis lloydii, Cephalaspis lyelli, Cephalaspis murchisoni, Cephalaspis novaescotiae, Cephalaspis pagei, Cephalaspis powriei, Cephalaspis rostratus, Cephalaspis salweyi, Cephalaspis westolli, Cephalaspis wyomingensis
Type specimen: RSM 1887.20.53. Its type locality is Restigouche River [Gaspé Sandstone], which is in an Emsian marine sandstone in Canada.
Ecology: fast-moving nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Restigouche River [Gaspé Sandstone]
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