Eugaleaspidiformes
Extinct order of jawless vertebrates
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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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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Galeaspida |
| Order: | †Eugaleaspidiformes Lui, 1965 |
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Phylogeny
An analysis by Zhang and colleagues in 2026 obtained the following phylogenetic tree by strict consensus of 6 maximum parsimony trees:[3]
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