Xiangshuiosteus

Xiangshuiosteus
Temporal range: Early Devonian: Late Emsian, 393.3 Ma[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Dunkleosteidae
Genus: Xiangshuiosteus
Wang, 1992
Type species
Xiangshuiosteus wui
Wang, 1992

Xiangshuiosteus wui is an extinct monospecific genus of brachythoracid arthrodire placoderm from the Late Emsian stage of the Early Devonian epoch, discovered in Wuding County of Yunnan province, China. It has recently been reassessed as a dunkleosteid.[2]

  1. ^ Wang Junqing & Min, Zhu (1995). "Age of the Jiucheng Formation of Wuding, Yunnan". Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica, Beijing. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference ZhuZhu was invoked but never defined (see the help page).