Cardipeltis

Cardipeltis; Temporal range: Early Devonian
	C. bryanti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:	Heterostraci
Order:	Cardipeltiformes
Family:	Cardipeltidae
Genus:	Cardipeltis; Branson & Mehl, 1931
Type species
	Cardipeltis wallacii; Branson & Mehl, 1931
Species
	C. wallacii Branson & Mehl, 1931; C. bryanti Denison, 1966; C. richardsoni Denison, 1966;
Synonyms
	C. oblongus; C. sinclairi;

Cardipeltis is an extinct genus of heterostracan agnathan from marine strata of early Devonian of Utah, and Wyoming.^[1]^[2] Species of Cardipeltis superficially resemble those of cyathaspids in having a flattened body and indistinct head covered by a large, broad, guitar pick or heart-shaped dorsal shield, and a long, scaly tail. Unlike cyathaspids, which all have a single ventral plate, however, the ventral shield of Cardipeltis is a mosaic composed of large scales.

References

^ Bryant, William L., and Rudolph Ruedemann. "The fish fauna of Beartooth Butte, Wyoming. Parts II and III." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (1934): 127-167.
^ Denison, Robert Howland. Cardipeltis: an early Devonian agnathan of the Order Heterostraci. Field Museum of Natural History, 1966.

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[bryantruedemann-1] Bryant, William L., and Rudolph Ruedemann. "The fish fauna of Beartooth Butte, Wyoming. Parts II and III." Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society (1934): 127-167.

[denison-2] Denison, Robert Howland. Cardipeltis: an early Devonian agnathan of the Order Heterostraci. Field Museum of Natural History, 1966.

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