Thyestes Temporal range: Ludlow | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Superclass: | † Cephalaspidomorphi |
Class: | † Osteostraci |
Order: | † Thyestiida |
Family: | † Thyestiidae |
Genus: | † Thyestes |
Thyestes is an extinct genus of osteostracan agnathan vertebrate of Europe whose fossils are found in Middle to Late Ludlow-aged marine strata of Late Silurian Europe. Individuals of Thyestes superficially resembled Cephalaspis , but were more closely related to Auchenaspis and Tremataspis .