Thyestes (fish)
| Thyestes Temporal range: Ludlow | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Osteostraci |
| Order: | Thyestiida |
| Family: | Thyestiidae |
| Genus: | Thyestes |
Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe whose fossils are found in Middle to Late Ludlow-aged marine strata of Late Silurian Europe. Individuals of Thyestes superficially resembled Cephalaspis, but were more closely related to Auchenaspis and Tremataspis.
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