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Weejasperaspis

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Weejasperaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Weejasperaspis gavini, Murrindalaspis wallacei & Brindabellaspis stensioi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Acanthothoraci
Family: Weejasperaspididae
Genus: Weejasperaspis
White, 1978
Species:
W. gavini
Binomial name
Weejasperaspis gavini
White, 1978

Weejasperaspis is an extinct acanthothoracid placoderm found in the Taemas-Weejasper Reef, of the Early Devonian-aged Buchan Group in eastern Victoria, Australia and the type species is W. gavini.[1] 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.

References

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  1. ^ White, E. I. (1978). The larger arthrodiran fishes from the area of Burrinjuck Dam, N. S. W. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 149–262.