Cephalaspis
| Cephalaspis | |
|---|---|
| Digital recreation of Cephalaspis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Osteostraci |
| Genus: | †Cephalaspis Agassiz, 1835 |
| Species: | †C. lyelli |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cephalaspis lyelli Agassiz, 1835 | |
Cephalaspis (from Greek: κεφαλή kephalḗ, 'head' and Greek: ἀσπίς aspís, 'shield') is a possibly monotypic genus of extinct osteostracan agnathan vertebrate. It was a trout-sized detritivorous fish that lived in the early Devonian.