Zenaspis

Name: Zenaspis.
Phonetic: Zen-ass-piss.
Named By: Ray Lankester‭ ‬-‭ ‬1869.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Osteostraci,‭ ‬Cornuata,‭ ‬Zenaspidida,‭ ‬Zenaspididae.
Species: Z.‭ ‬pagei,‭ ‬Z.‭ ‬poweri.
Diet: Sediment feeder‭?
Size: About‭ ‬25‭ ‬centimetres long.
Known locations: Scotland.
Time period: Early Devonian.
Fossil representation: More than two hundred individuals.

       Zenaspis lived in the waters of‭ ‬Western Europe,‭ ‬during the early Devonian,‭ ‬and resembled the much better known Cephalaspis.

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