Harrytoombsia
Extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm
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Harrytoombsia is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found from Kimberley, Australia.[2] It was a fast-swimming predator, and it had sharp blades of enamel-like material around the outer edge of the jaw for catching prey.[3]
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| Harrytoombsia Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian, | |
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| Model at the Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet in Stockholm | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Coccosteomorphi |
| Superfamily: | †Incisoscutoidea |
| Genus: | †Harrytoombsia Miles and Dennis, 1979[1] |
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Phylogeny
Harrytoombsia is a member of the superfamily Incisoscutoidea, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi,[4] one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Harrytoombsia:[2]
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