Amphiaspis
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| Amphiaspis Temporal range: Early Emsian | |
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| Amphiaspis argo reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Pteraspidomorpha |
| Subclass: | †Heterostraci |
| Order: | †Cyathaspidiformes |
| Family: | †Amphiaspididae |
| Genus: | †Amphiaspis |
| Species: | †A. argo |
| Binomial name | |
| †Amphiaspis argo Obruchev, 1936 | |
Amphiaspis argo is the type species of the cyathaspidid taxon Amphiaspidida, and of the family Amphiaspididae.[1] Its fossils are restricted to early Emsian-aged marine strata of the Taimyr Peninsula, Early Devonian Siberia. A. argo, as with all other amphiaspidids, is thought to have been a benthic filter feeder that lived on top of, or buried just below the surface of the substrate of hypersaline lagoon-bottoms.
