Cardipeltis

Cardipeltis is an extinct genus of heterostracan agnathan from marine strata of early Devonian of Utah, and Wyoming.^[1][2] Species of Cardipeltis superficially resemble those of cyathaspids in having a flattened body and indistinct head covered by a large, broad, guitar pick or heart-shaped dorsal shield, and a long, scaly tail. Unlike cyathaspids, which all have a single ventral plate, however, the ventral shield of Cardipeltis is a mosaic composed of large scales.

Cardipeltis Temporal range: Early Devonian
C. richardsoni specimen on display at the Field Museum of Natural History.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Pteraspidomorphi
Subclass:	Heterostraci
Order:	Cardipeltiformes
Family:	Cardipeltidae
Genus:	Cardipeltis Branson & Mehl, 1931
Type species
Cardipeltis wallacii Branson & Mehl, 1931
Species
C. wallacii Branson & Mehl, 1931 C. bryanti Denison, 1966 C. richardsoni Denison, 1966
Synonyms
C. oblongus C. sinclairi

Life restoration of C. bryanti