Odontopleurida

Kettneraspis dickinsoni

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Pragian (Early Devonian)Morocco

Kettneraspis dickinsoni — photo 1 — Photo 1 · Holotype MnhnL QC441 (Morocco; Viersen et al., 2025)

Classification

Order Odontopleurida / Family Odontopleuridae

Genus

Kettneraspis Prantl & Přibyl, 1949

Genus author

Prantl F. & Přibyl A.

Genus etymology

Kettner, a surname; -aspis, Greek, shield

Species

K. dickinsoni Viersen, Lerouge & Kesselaer, 2025

Species author

Viersen A. P. van, Lerouge F., Kesselaer I

Species etymology

Dickinson, Paul Bruce Dickinson, lead vocalist of the British band Iron Maiden

Age

Pragian (Early Devonian)

Distribution

Morocco

Diagnosis

Cephalon wide; glabellar median lobe with subparallel sides and 2 pairs of glabellar lateral lobes; eyes medium-sized, highly convex; anterior border with small spines medially; librigenae with 12 pairs of downward small spines on the lateral border, genal spines rather long. Thorax of 9 segments; axis narrow with a pair of large axial nodes; pleural spines of segment 3 longest. Pygidium with 4 pairs of pygidial spines.