Thyestes (fish)
Appearance
Thyestes Temporal range: Ludlow
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Osteostraci |
Order: | †Thyestiida |
Family: | †Thyestiidae |
Genus: | †Thyestes |
Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe whose fossils are found in Middle to Late Ludlow-aged marine strata of Late Silurian Europe. Individuals of Thyestes superficially resembled Cephalaspis, but were more closely related to Auchenaspis and Tremataspis.
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