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Wuttagoonaspidae

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Wuttagoonaspidae
Temporal range: Late Emsian to Middle Devonian, 407–382 Ma
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Actinolepidoidei
Family: Wuttagoonaspidae
Ritchie, 1973
Genera

Wuttagoonaspidae is a family of extinct primitive arthrodire placoderm fishes from Early Devonian China and Middle Devonian Australia. It contains two genera, Wuttagoonaspis and Yiminaspis, some of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Eurycaraspis incilis

Lunaspis broilii

Arthrodira
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina


References

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  1. ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.