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Arandaspis is an extinct genus of fish with only one known species, Arandaspis prionotolepis. A. prionotolepis is a species of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period, about 480 to 470 million years ago. Its remains were found in Alice Springs, Australia in 1959, but it was not determined that they were the oldest known vertebrates until the late 1960s. Arandaspis is named after a local Aboriginal tribe, the Aranda, which is now known as the Arrernte.

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  • Arandaspis
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  • Arandaspis is an extinct genus of fish with only one known species, Arandaspis prionotolepis. A. prionotolepis is a species of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period, about 480 to 470 million years ago. Its remains were found in Alice Springs, Australia in 1959, but it was not determined that they were the oldest known vertebrates until the late 1960s. Arandaspis is named after a local Aboriginal tribe, the Aranda, which is now known as the Arrernte.
  • Arandaspis prionotolepis is an extinct species of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period, about 480 to 470 million years ago. It is the oldest known vertebrate. Its remains were found in Alice Springs, Australia in 1959, but it was not discovered that they were the oldest known vertebrates until the late 1960s. Arandaspis is named after a local Aboriginal tribe, the Aranda (currently called Arrernte).
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Status
  • Extinct
Name
  • Arandaspis
fossil range
  • (Early Ordovician)
Species
  • A. prionotolepis
  • Arandaspis prionotolepis
Genus
  • Arandaspis
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  • Animalia
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  • Arandaspis is an extinct genus of fish with only one known species, Arandaspis prionotolepis. A. prionotolepis is a species of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period, about 480 to 470 million years ago. Its remains were found in Alice Springs, Australia in 1959, but it was not determined that they were the oldest known vertebrates until the late 1960s. Arandaspis is named after a local Aboriginal tribe, the Aranda, which is now known as the Arrernte.
  • Arandaspis prionotolepis is an extinct species of jawless fish that lived in the Ordovician period, about 480 to 470 million years ago. It is the oldest known vertebrate. Its remains were found in Alice Springs, Australia in 1959, but it was not discovered that they were the oldest known vertebrates until the late 1960s. Arandaspis is named after a local Aboriginal tribe, the Aranda (currently called Arrernte).
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