Biology:Galeaspidiformes

Short description: Extinct order of jawless fishes

Galeaspidiformes Temporal range: Lower Devonian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Galeaspida
Order:	†Galeaspidiformes Lui, 1965

Galeaspidiformes (from Latin, "Helmet shield shapes") is an extinct order of jawless marine and freshwater fish, which lived in East Asia during the Lower Devonian period. The order was first named by Lui in 1965.

Examples

• Nochelaspis

References

Wikidata ☰ Q85762555 entry