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Genus of extinct fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wuttagoonaspis is an extinct genus of primitive arthrodire placoderm fish from the Middle Devonian of Australia. The box-like skull is up to 18 centimeters in length, and the median dorsal plate averages in length about 10 centimeters. It contains two species: the type species Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri, described by Ritchie in 1973, and Wuttagoonaspis milligani, described by Young and Goujet in 2003.[1]
Wuttagoonaspis Temporal range: Middle Devonian, | |
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Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Wuttagoonaspidae |
Genus: | †Wuttagoonaspis Ritchie, 1973 |
Species | |
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Wuttagoonaspis belongs to the family Wuttagoonaspidae, and is closely related to Yiminaspis. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina |
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