Harrytoombsia

Harrytoombsia
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian, 382.7–372.2 Ma
Model at the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm
Scientific classification Edit this 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]
Species
  • Harrytoombsia elegans Miles and Dennis, 1979 (type)

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]

  1. ^ "Fossilworks: Harrytoombsia". fossilworks.org. Archived from the original on 2021-12-12. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  2. ^ Zhu, You-An; Zhu, Min; Wang, Jun-Qing (1 April 2016). "Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (4): 806–834. doi:10.1111/zoj.12356. ISSN 0024-4082.
  3. ^ "Visar vilket djur 1 - NyaUtställningar". utstallning.nrm.se.