Anaspida

fossil vertebrate order

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    In agnathan: Annotated classification

    †Order Anaspida Small streamlined fishes, body and head covered with elongate scales, nostril between eyes, gill openings lateral and arranged in slanting line, hypocercal tail bent downward. 3 families. Early Silurian to Late Devonian (444–359 million years ago). †Order Thelodonti A little-known group of unknown affinities.…

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