Quasipetalichthys

Quasipetalichthys
Temporal range:
Middle Devonian: Givetian Stage
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Petalichthyida
Family: Quasipetalichthyidae
Genus: Quasipetalichthys
Liu, 1973
Species:
Q. haikouensis
Binomial name
Quasipetalichthys haikouensis
Liu, 1973

Quasipetalichthys haikouensis is the type and only known species of the extinct petalichthid placoderm, Quasipetalichthys. Fossil remains of Quasipetalichthys have been found in the Middle Devonian, Givetian faunal stage of China.