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Agnatha - Lamprey, Hagfish

fishAgnatha are jawless fish. Lampreys and hagfish are in this class. Members of the agnatha class are probably the earliest vertebrates. Scientists have found fossils of agnathan species from the late Cambrian Period that occurred 500 million years ago.

Classification

 Kingdom: Animalia
 Phylum: Chordata
 Super Class: Agnatha