Dartmuthia

Name: Dartmuthia.
Phonetic: Dart-mu-fe-ah.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Osteostraci,‭ ‬Thyestiida,‭ ‬Tremataspidoidea,‭ ‬Tremataspididae.
Species: D.‭ ‬patten.
Diet: Detritivore‭?
Size: Uncertain due to incomplete remains.
Known locations: Estonia.
Time period: Silurian.
Fossil representation: Head shield.

       So far only known from the head shield,‭ ‬Dartmuthia was a bottom feeding jawless fish of the Silurian period.

Further reading
-‭ ‬The ostracoderm genus Dartmuthia patten,‭ ‬George M.‭ ‬Robertson‭ ‬-‭ ‬1935.

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