Tag Archive for 'Galeaspida'

Life reconstructions of Tujiaaspis vividus. Image credit: Qiuyang Zheng.

Silurian Jawless Fish Possessed Paired Fins, New Fossils Show

Sep 29, 2022 by News Staff

Paleontologists have examined the fossilized remains of Tujiaaspis vividus, a species of galeaspid that lived 436 million years ago (Silurian period) in...

Life restoration of Nochelaspis maeandrine. Image credit: Dinghua Yang.

Early Devonian Fish Had Triangular Head Shield

Nov 1, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleoichthyologists in China have re-described Nochelaspis maeandrine, a species of large-sized eugaleaspiform fish that lived 415 million years ago (Devonian...

An artist’s reconstruction of the 410-million-year-old armoured jawless fish Rhegmaspis xiphoidea. Image credit: Zhi-Kun Gai et al. / Dimitris Siskopoulos / Sci-News.com.

Rhegmaspis xiphoidea: New Species of Jawless Fish Unearthed in China

Oct 2, 2015 by News Staff

A new species – and genus – of armored jawless fish has come to light in the Chinese rocks dating to the Pragian stage of Devonian. An artist’s...