Djurinaspis

Djurinaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Osteostraci
Subclass: Cornuata
Order: Zenaspidida
Family: Zenaspididae
Genus: Djurinaspis
Novitskaya, 1983

Djurinaspis is an extinct genus of jawless fish which existed during the early Devonian period. It was originally described by Novitskaya in 1983.[1] A new species, D. secunda, from Ukraine was described by Victor Voichyshyn in 2011.[2]

References

  1. L. I. Novitskaya (2007). "Evolution of generic and species diversity in agnathans (Heterostraci: Orders Cyathaspidiformes, Pteraspidiformes)". Paleontological Journal 41 (3): 268–280. doi:10.1134/S0031030107030069.
  2. Victor Voichyshyn (2011). "The early Devonian Agnathans of Podolia, Ukraine". Palaeontologia Polonica 66: 1–211. doi:10.4202/pp.2011.66_001.
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