Astraspis Walcott 1892 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Astrapidiformes - Astraspididae

Full reference: C. D. Walcott. 1892. Preliminary notes on the discovery of a vertebrate fauna in Silurian (Ordovician) strata. Geological Society of America Bulletin 3:153-172

Parent taxon: Astraspididae according to I. J. Sansom et al. 1997

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002, Smith et al. 1995 and Van Der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Astraspis desiderata

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Type: Astraspis desiderata

Ecology:

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (11: Ontario collections), United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming)

Total: 15 collections including 16 occurrences

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