Menaspis Temporal range:
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Restoration of Menaspis armata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Subclass: | Holocephali |
Order: | †Menaspiformes |
Family: | †Menaspidae |
Genus: | †Menaspis Ewald, 1848[1] |
Species: | †M. armata
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Binomial name | |
†Menaspis armata Ewald, 1848
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Menaspis is an extinct genus of holocephalian cartilaginous fish from the Permian period (Wuchiapingian stage). The only species in this genus is Menaspis armata.[1]