Africanaspis
Extinct genus of placoderm from Late Devonian South Africa
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Africanaspis is an extinct genus of groenlandaspidid placoderm known from two species, Africanaspis doryssa, named in 1997 from fossils discovered in South Africa[2] and Africanaspis edmountaini, named from fossils described from South Africa during 2017.[1] A. edmountaini is only known from juvenile specimens. Both species are known from the Witpoort Formation. A. doryssa reached 23 cm (9.1 in) long.[3]
| Africanaspis Temporal range: Late Devonian, | |
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| Reconstruction of A. doryssa | |
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| Reconstruction of A. edmountaini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Groenlandaspididae |
| Genus: | †Africanaspis Long et al., 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Africanaspis doryssa Long et al., 1997 | |
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