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Astraspida

fossil vertebrate order
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  • lamprey
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    / Annotated classification

    †Order Astraspida Head covered with small mushroom-shaped plates, gill openings separate. 3 genera, 3 species. Late Ordovician to Early Silurian (458.4–433.4 million years ago). †Order Osteostraci Head covered in broad bony shield, undersurface of head covered with tiny scales, gill openings on undersurface, eyes dorsal, nostril…

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    †Order Astraspida Head covered with small mushroom-shaped plates, gill openings separate. 3 genera, 3 species. Late Ordovician to Early Silurian (458.4–433.4 million years ago). †Order Osteostraci Head covered in broad bony shield, undersurface of head covered with tiny scales, gill openings on undersurface, eyes dorsal, nostril…

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