This 5 cm. prehistoric fish of the Ordovician, Arandaspis was
supposed to be the first true fish and it just happens to be a boney
fish. It has no dorsal fin and cannot close it's mouth. Arandaspis
only has two fins, one on each side of it's body and it's tail fin is
in the shape of a diamond with a small notch on the end. It's head
is covered in bone and here is a picture of one anyway (or how I
think of one).
As I said in the first line Arandaspis lived in the Ordovician
alongside the Nautiloid, Lingula and Sacabamaspis. Before it in the
Cambrian lived the Trilobite, Conodond Animal and Pikaia. After it
in the Silurian there lived the Pterygotus, Stylonurus, and the
Climatius.
Shawn Layden (age 8) -- Aug 2005