# Zenaspididae

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{{Short description|Extinct family of jawless fishes}}
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| fossil_range = 
| image = Zenaspis cf powriei.jpg
| image_caption = Fossil of ''[Zenaspis](/source/Zenaspis) powriei''
| taxon = Zenaspididae
| authority = [Stensiö](/source/Erik_Stensi%C3%B6), 1958
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
* ''[Diademaspis](/source/Diademaspis)''
* ''[Djurinaspis](/source/Djurinaspis)''
* ''[Janaspis](/source/Janaspis)''
* ''[Machairaspis](/source/Machairaspis)''
* ''[Scolenaspis](/source/Scolenaspis)''
* ''[Stensiopelta](/source/Stensiopelta)''
* ''[Superciliaspis](/source/Superciliaspis)''
* ''[Tegaspis](/source/Tegaspis)''
* ''[Ukrainaspis](/source/Ukrainaspis)''
* ''[Zenaspis](/source/Zenaspis)''
| synonyms = 
}}

'''Zenaspididae''' is an extinct family of jawless fish in the order [Zenaspidida](/source/Zenaspidida).<ref>A new species of osteostracan from the [Lochkovian](/source/Lochkovian) (Early Devonian) of the Mackenzie Mountains, with comments on body size, growth, and geographic distribution in the genus Machairaspis. Bradley R. Scott and Mark V.H. Wilson, Revue canadienne des sciences de la Terre, 2013, 50(2): 127-134, {{doi|10.1139/cjes-2012-0100}}</ref><ref>A New Osteostracan Fauna From The Devonian Of The Welsh Borderlands And Observations On The Taxonomy And Growth Of Osteostraci. Joseph N. Keating, Robert S. Sansom and Mark A. Purnell, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1002–1017, September 2012</ref>
[[File:Diademaspis mackenziensis cast.jpg|left|thumb|223x223px|''[Diademaspis mackenziensis](/source/Diademaspis)'' cast. Early [Devonian](/source/Devonian), [Mackenzie Mountains](/source/Mackenzie_Mountains), [Northwest Territories](/source/Northwest_Territories) ([Canada](/source/Canada)). At the [Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology](/source/Royal_Tyrrell_Museum_of_Palaeontology).]]

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Category:Osteostraci
Category:Prehistoric jawless fish families

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