Harrytoombsia Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
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Model at the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | †Coccosteomorphi |
Superfamily: | †Incisoscutoidea |
Genus: | †Harrytoombsia Miles and Dennis, 1979[1] |
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Harrytoombsia is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found from Kimberley, Australia.[2] It was a fast-swimming predator, and it had sharp blades of enamel-like material around the outer edge of the jaw for catching prey.[3]