Tremataspis

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Tremataspis is a genus of an extinct osteostracan agnathan from the Silurian period of what is now Estonia.

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Tremataspis schmidtii head and body armour at the Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin

Tremataspis was about Script error: No such module "convert". in length, and had an armored shield covering its head. Compared with its relatives, the shield was unusually elongated, covering the whole front of the body, and was more rounded in shape. It is thought that Tremataspis used its rounder shield to burrow in the ocean floor, searching for food. Because the shield consisted of one solid piece, it probably did not grow during the animal's life; presumably, the larvae lacked the shield, which only appeared later in life.[1]

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Life reconstruction Tremataspis mammillata

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