Menaspis

Menaspis
Temporal range: Permian
Reconstructions of the prehistoric cartilaginous fishes Janassa bituminosa and Menaspis armatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Chondrichthyes
Subclass: Holocephali
Genus: Menaspis
Species
  • M. armata
Protorosaurus preying on Menaspis

Menaspis is an extinct genus of holocephalian cartilaginous fish from the Permian.

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