What is Cephalaspis?
Q: What is Cephalaspis?
A: Cephalaspis is a genus of armoured fish that existed in the early Devonian about 400 million years ago.
Q: What type of fish is Cephalaspis?
A: Cephalaspis is one of the jawless fishes, also known as ostracoderms, which were common during that time.
Q: When were the first discoveries of Cephalaspis made?
A: The first discoveries of Cephalaspis were made in the first half of the 19th century in the Old Red Sandstone of Britain.
Q: Who named Cephalaspis?
A: Louis Agassiz named Cephalaspis in 1835 after seeing Hugh Miller's collection in Scotland.
Q: Has Cephalaspis undergone taxonomic revisions?
A: Yes, Cephalaspis' original single species has now been split into more species, some of which have been moved into a different genus.
Q: What is the meaning of Cephalaspis?
A: Cephalaspis means 'head shield.'
Q: How long ago did Cephalaspis exist?
A: Cephalaspis existed in the early Devonian about 400 million years ago.
