Definition of Cephalaspida

1. Noun. Extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear.

Exact synonyms: Osteostraci, Suborder Cephalaspida, Suborder Osteostraci
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Order Ostracodermi, Ostracodermi
Member holonyms: Cephalaspid, Osteostracan

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cephalaspida

Centropomus
Centropristis
Centropristis philadelphica
Centropus
Centropus phasianinus
Centropus sinensis
Centrosema
Centrosema virginianum
Centruroides
Centum
Centunculus
Cephaelis
Cephalanthera
Cephalanthera rubra
Cephalaspida (current term)
Cephalobidae
Cephalochordata
Cephalomyia
Cephalonia
Cephalonian
Cephalopoda
Cephalopterus
Cephalopterus ornatus
Cephalosporium
Cephalotaceae
Cephalotaxaceae
Cephalotaxus
Cephalotus
Cephalotus follicularis

Literary usage of Cephalaspida

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Publication by Palaeontographical Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"Cephalaspida have been found in Devonshire and Cornwall, in beds assigned ... The calcified skeleton in Cephalaspida, apparently, was entirely confined to ..."

2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Family Cephalaspida. (After Woodward.) In the square a portion of the tubercular surface is shown. Museum. ..."

3. A Bibliography of Fishes by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"... Cephalaspida?. Powrie, Ja mes, & Lankester, Л". Ray. A monograph of the fishes of the Old Red Sandstone of Britain. ..."

4. The Scientific Memoirs of Thomas Henry Huxley by Thomas Henry Huxley, Michael Foster (1898)
"... Fishes' I find the following general remarks applied to the whole of the Cephalaspida :— "It would appear from the condition of the specimens preserved, ..."

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