Saarolepis

Saarolepis; Temporal range: 426.2–419.2 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Anaspida
Order:	†Birkeniiformes
Family:	†Birkeniidae
Genus:	†Saarolepis; Robertson, 1945[1]
Species
	S. oeselensis (Robertson 1939) Robertson 1945;
Synonyms
	Anaspis Robertson 1941[2] non Geoffroy 1762 non Thomson 1893; Procephalaspis Denison 1951;

Saarolepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish belonging to the family Birkeniidae.

References

Saarolepis, new name for Anaspis Robertson, 1941. GM Robertson, Journal of Paleontology, 1945
The ostracoderm order Anaspida, with description of some Upper Silurian material. GM Robertson, Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science (1903- …, 1941

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