Illustration of Ordovician Sacabambaspis (IMAGE)

Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University

Illustration of Ordovician Sacabambaspis

Caption

A pair of Sacabambaspis fish, around 35 cm in length, which had distinct, forward-facing eyes and an armored head. No fossils of animals like Sacabambaspis from after the Late Ordovician Mass Extinction event have been discovered. 

Credit

Nobu Tamura

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