Pteraspidomorphi is an extinct class of early jawless fish. They have long been regarded as closely related or even ancestral to jawed vertebrates, but the few characteristics they share with the latter are now considered as basal traits for all vertebrates.
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Pteraspidomorphi is an extinct class of early jawless fish. They have long been regarded as closely related or even ancestral to jawed vertebrates, but...
are currently grouped with arandaspids and astraspids in the clade Pteraspidomorphi (Gagnier 1993, 1995; Donoghue & Smith 2001; Sansom et al. 2005), in...
gnathostomes), and hagfish. The group represents a subclass within the class Pteraspidomorphi, and contains only one order, the Arandaspidiformes. The oldest known...
Hyperoartia (lampreys) Class †Conodonta Class †Myllokunmingiida Class †Pteraspidomorphi Class †Thelodonti Class †Anaspida Class †Cephalaspidomorphi Infraphylum...
scheme, with the following major groups: Class Myxini (hagfish) Class Pteraspidomorphi † (early jawless fish) Class Thelodonti † Class Anaspida † Class Petromyzontida...
mya) that belonged to the phylum Chordata, infraphylum Agnatha, class Pteraspidomorphi, and the subclass Heterostraci. Drepanaspis are assumed to have lived...
toothed, funnel-like sucking mouth. The extinct Pteraspidomorphi, ancestral to jawed vertebrates Pteraspidomorphi is an extinct class of early jawless fish...
Ordovician fish" Palaeontology, 40 (3): 625–642. Michael J. Benton, Vertebrate Palaeontology, 3rd edition, 2005 Palaeos' Pteraspidomorphi v t e v t e...
450 million years ago) in North America. They are placed among the Pteraspidomorphi because of the large dorsal and ventral shield of their head armor...
the basal heterostracans of the Silurian. Haaramo, Mikko (2007). "†Pteraspidomorphi". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2016. Paleontology...
of armour. The dorsal shield is flat. "Palaeos Vertebrates 40.500 Pteraspidomorphi: Amphiaspidida". 2008-03-19. Archived from the original on 2008-03-19...
lateral eyes and a series of eight gill openings on each side. PteraspidomorphiPteraspidomorphi is an extinct class of early jawless fish. The fossils show...
through vegetation, eating small invertebrates which it knocked loose . "Pteraspidomorphi: Psammosteida (2): Guerichosteids, Pycnosteids, Psammosteids & Psammolepis"...