Wuttagoonaspis

Wuttagoonaspis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Wuttagoonaspidae
Genus: Wuttagoonaspis
Type species
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri
Ritchie 1973
species
  • W. fletcheri
  • W. milligani

Wuttagoonaspis is a genus of primitive arthrodire placoderms from Middle Devonian Australia. The box-like skull is up to 18 centimeters in length, and the median dorsal plate averages in length about 10 centimeters.

References

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