Description

Saaremaaspis mickwitzi (Rohon, 1892)
Upper Silurian
Rootsikula Formation
Island of Oesel, Estonia
26mm headshield on 84mm matrix with counterpart.

Fish, Anaspid. Osteostracan. Osteostraci.

Saaremaaspis is a genus of jawless fish known from the Silurian of Europe. It’s one of the oldest fish specimens we have and you get the counterpart as well.

That name is some kind of “Wheel of Fortune” nightmare, but if you buy this specimen, you don’t pay extra for the vowels.