Drepanaspis

Drepanaspis Temporal range: Early Devonian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Drepanaspis gemuendenensis reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Infraphylum:	Agnatha
Class:	†Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:	†Heterostraci
Order:	†Pteraspidiformes
Family:	†Psammosteidae
Genus:	†Drepanaspis
Type species
Drepanaspis gemuendenensis Schluter, 1887
Species
D. gemuendenensis D. sehrieli Gross, 1933 D. lipperti Gross, 1937 D. jaegeri Tarlo, 1964 D. earteri (McCoY, 1851) D. edwardsi Tarlo, 1964

Drepanaspis (from Greek: δρεπάνη drepánē 'sickle' and Greek: ἀσπίς aspís 'shield') is an extinct genus of primitive jawless fish from Early Devonian marine strata of Europe. D. gemuendenensis, of the Hunsrück lagerstätte is the best known, and most thoroughly studied species, as it is known from several articulated specimens.

Description[]

Drepanaspis was a flattened creature with a heavily armored body, superficially ray-like in appearance. Its mouth faced upwards, unlike most other Heterostracans, which had downward-facing mouths. It also had small, widely spaced eyes. It is presumed to have foraged the ocean floor for food.^[1]

This frying-pan-shaped fish may have been the ancestor of the giant, meter-long, meter-wide Psammosteid heterostracans of the Late Devonian.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery[]

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See also[]

• Arandaspis – Extinct genus of jawless fishes
• Hemicyclaspis – Extinct genus of jawless fishes
• Sacabambaspis – Extinct genus of jawless fishes

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