Weejasperaspis
Weejasperaspis Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Weejasperaspis gavini, Murrindalaspis wallacei & Brindabellaspis stensioi | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Weejasperaspis
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Species: | W. gavini
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Weejasperaspis gavini White 1978
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Weejasperaspis gavini is an extinct acanthothoracid placoderm found in the Taemas-Weejasper Reef, of the Early Devonian-aged Buchan Group in eastern Victoria, Australia. Weejasperaspis differs from other acanthothoracids in that the median dorsal crest is short, and triangular-shaped. Its sister genus, Murrindalaspis, differs from it by having large, blade-like median dorsal crests that are recurved. Like Murrindalaspis, it is only known from a dorsal plate and ossified eyeballs.
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Categories:
- Placoderm genera
- Acanthothoracids
- Placoderms of Australia
- Placoderm stubs