Thyestes (fish)

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

Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe 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.

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