Cyathaspidida

Cyathaspidida
Temporal range:
Cyathaspis banksii reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Pteraspidomorpha
Subclass: Heterostraci
Order: Cyathaspidiformes
Clade: Cyathaspidida
Families

Cyathaspidida is a taxon of extinct cyathaspidiform heterostracan agnathans whose fossils are found in Silurian to Lower Devonian marine strata of Europe and North America. In life, they are thought to be benthic animals that lived most of their lives either mostly buried in or resting directly on top of the substrate.