Wuttagoonaspis

Wuttagoonaspis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, 393–382 Ma
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Family: †Wuttagoonaspidae
Genus: †Wuttagoonaspis
Ritchie, 1973
Species
  • †Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri Ritchie, 1973 (type)
  • †Wuttagoonaspis milligani Young & Goujet, 2003
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri head shield, cast of a specimen from Tambua, New South Wales, Australia.

Wuttagoonaspis is an extinct genus of primitive arthrodire placoderm fish from the Middle Devonian of Australia. The box-like skull is up to 18 centimeters in length, and the median dorsal plate averages in length about 10 centimeters. It contains two species: the type species Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri, described by Ritchie in 1973, and Wuttagoonaspis milligani, described by Young and Goujet in 2003.[1]

  1. ^ Dupret, Vincent (Mar 12, 2008). "A New Wuttagoonaspid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Lower Devonian of Yunnan (South China): Origin, Dispersal, and Paleobiogeographic Significance". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28: 12–20. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[12:anwpaf]2.0.co;2.