Wuttagoonaspis
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Genus of extinct fish
| Wuttagoonaspis | |
|---|---|
| Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Wuttagoonaspidae |
| Genus: | †Wuttagoonaspis Ritchie, 1973 |
| Species | |
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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]
Classification
[edit ]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]
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