Cephalaspis

The Cephalaspis is vertebrate a Ostracoderme, one of the oldest animals, having lived mainly at the period silurienne.

Lifestyle

Cephalaspis lived in water. It will be necessary to await the Dévonien, a few million years later, so that its descendant, the Hynerpeton starts to explore the ground.

Characteristics

The skin of Céphalaspis was sensitive to smallest vibrations the, so that it could easily escape its predatory such as the ancestors from the named scorpions Brontoscorpios .

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