Pteraspis (English spelling)

Japanese: プテラスピス(英語表記)Pteraspis
Pteraspis (English spelling)
This fish belongs to the Pteraspididae family of the Pteraspid subclass of the Gnatha class, and lived in the Early Devonian period of the Paleozoic era. The Pteraspid family includes the world's oldest vertebrate fossils, such as Anatolepis , discovered in a late Cambrian layer in Wyoming, USA. The body of Pteraspis is covered in bony armor. Its caudal fin is an inverted heterocerca, with the lower lobe more developed than the upper lobe. It has a single spine on its dorsal side and a stabiliser protruding from the side of its body. Gnatha [Ueno Teruya]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
無顎綱翼甲亜綱プテラスピス科に属する魚で,古生代のデボン紀前期に生息していた。プテラスピスの仲間には世界最古の脊椎動物の化石が含まれる。アメリカ,ワイオミング州のカンブリア紀後期の地層から発見されたアナトレピスAnatolepisがそれである。プテラスピスの体は骨質の装甲で覆われている。尾びれは上葉より下葉が発達した逆異尾である。背側に1本のとげがあり,体側に突出した安定器をもっていた。無顎類【上野 輝弥】

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