| Africanaspis Temporal range: Late Devonian,
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| Reconstruction of A. doryssa | |
| Reconstruction of A. edmountaini | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Groenlandaspididae |
| Genus: | †Africanaspis Long et al., 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Africanaspis doryssa Long et al., 1997
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| Other species | |
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Africanaspis is an extinct genus of groenlandaspidid placoderm known from two species, Africanaspis doryssa, named in 1997 from fossils discovered in South Africa and Africanaspis edmountaini, named from fossils described from South Africa during 2017. A. edmountaini is only known from juvenile specimens. Both species are known from the Witpoort Formation. A. doryssa reached 23 cm (9.1 in) long.
References
- ^ a b Gess, Robert W.; Trinajstic, Kate M. (2017). "New morphological information on, and species of placoderm fish Africanaspis (Arthrodira, Placodermi) from the Late Devonian of South Africa". PLOS ONE. 12 (4): e0173169. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1273169G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173169. PMC 5381866. PMID 28379973.
- ^ Haraamo, Mikko (2005-11-15). "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive entries on "†Acanthothoraci" "†Actinolepidae" "†Antiarcha" "†Arthrodira" "†Coccosteoidea" "†Coccosteina" "†Dinichthyloidea" "†Groelandaspididae" "†Holonematidae" "†Macropetalichthyidae" "†Phlyctaeniidae" †Phyllolepida "†Placodermi" "†Ptyctodontidae" "†Rhenanida"". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
- ^ Engelman, Russell K. (2023). "A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)". Diversity. 15 (3). 318. doi:10.3390/d15030318.
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