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Drepanaspis

author: Walter B. Myers/Novapix

reference: t-din00-10102

Image Size 300 DPI: 42 * 26 cm

An 8-inch-long primitive jawless fish of the species Drepanaspis gemuendenensis settles on the bottom of a shallow Devonian sea 380 million years ago. With a flat, paddle-shaped head and upwards-facing jawless mouth, Drepanaspis was one of the more unique sea creatures of its time. Based upon its overall shape it is believed to have been a bottom feeder, though it's not known what it would have eaten.

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2012 - ANIMAL - DEVONIAN - DREPANASPIS - EARTH - FAUNA - FISH - FLORA - HISTORY OF EARTH - ILLUSTRATION - OCEAN - PALEOZOIC - WATER -