Wuttagoonaspis
Name:
Wuttagoonaspis.
Phonetic: Wut-tah-goon-ah-spis.
Named By: A. Ritchie - 1973.
Classification: Chordata, Vertebrata,
Placodermi, Arthrodira, Wuttagoonaspidae.
Species: W. fletcheri
(type), W. milligani.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Head shield up to 18 centimetres long and
10 centimetres across.
Known locations: Australia.
Time period: Mid/Upper Devonian.
Fossil representation: Individuals of 2 species.
Wuttagoonaspis was a fairly small arthodire placoderm that swam in the water systems of what would become Australia back in the Devonian period.
Further reading
- Wuttagoonaspis gen. nov., an unusual arthrodire from the
Devonian of Western New South Wales, Australia, A. Ritchie -
1973.
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