Wuttagoonaspidae Temporal range: Late Emsian to Middle Devonian, 407–382 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Actinolepidoidei |
Family: | †Wuttagoonaspidae Ritchie, 1973 |
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Wuttagoonaspidae is a family of extinct primitive arthrodire placoderm fishes from Early Devonian China and Middle Devonian Australia. It contains two genera, Wuttagoonaspis and Yiminaspis, some of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:
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Actinolepidoidei Phlyctaeniina |
References
- Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Wuttagoonaspidae |
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