Thyestes (fish)

Thyestes
Temporal range: Wenlock
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Osteostraci
Order: Thyestiida
Family: Thyestiidae
Genus: Thyestes

Thyestes was an extinct genus of ostracoderm (armored jawless fish) of Europe that lived in the Late Silurian Wenlock epoch. It superficially resembles Cephalaspis, but was closely related to Auchenaspis and Tremataspis.

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