Groenlandaspis
Genus of fishes (fossil) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Groenlandaspis is an extinct genus of arthrodire from the Late Devonian. Fossils of the different species are found in late Devonian strata in all continents except eastern Asia. The generic name commemorates the fact that the first specimens of the type species were found in Greenland.
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Groenlandaspis | |
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Artist's reconstruction of G. antarctica | |
Hatchling fossil of G. riniensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Groenlandaspididae |
Genus: | †Groenlandaspis Heintz, 1932[1] |
Type species | |
Groenlandaspis mirabilis Heintz, 1932[2] | |
Other species | |
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