Thyestes (fish)

Thyestes
Temporal range: Ludlow
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Osteostraci
Order: †Thyestiida
Family: †Thyestiidae
Genus: †Thyestes

Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe[1] 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.

References

  1. ^ Afanassieva, O. B. (2014). "Development of the Exoskeleton in Osteostracans (Agnatha, Vertebrata): New Evidence of Growth". Paleontological Journal. 48: 973–979. doi:10.1134/S0031030114090020.


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