Eugaleaspidiformes

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Eugaleaspidiformes
Temporal range: Telychian–Lower Devonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Galeaspida
Order: Eugaleaspidiformes
Lui, 1965

Eugaleaspidiformes (from Latin, "Helmet shield shapes") is an extinct order of jawless marine and freshwater fish, which lived in East Asia from the Telychian to the Lower Devonian period.[1] The order was first named by Lui in 1965.[2]

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  1. ^ Shan, Xianren; Gai, Zhikun; Lin, Xianghong; Chen, Yang; Zhu, Min; Zhao, Wenjin (2022-05-15). "The oldest eugaleaspiform fishes from the Silurian red beds in Jiangxi, South China and their stratigraphic significance". Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. 229: 105187. doi:10.1016/j.jseaes.2022.105187. ISSN 1367-9120. S2CID 247493604.
  2. ^ Zicha, Ondrej. "BioLib: Biological library". www.biolib.cz. Retrieved 20 December 2019.