Witaaspis
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| Witaaspis Temporal range: Silurian | |
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| Genus: | Witaaspis |
| Species: | W. patteni |
Witaaspis was an extinct genus of osteostraci fish that lived in the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs of the Silurian period.[1]
Witaaspis schrenckii (Pander) and Witaaspis patteni Robertson were formally named in 1945, along with three other genara of osteostraci.[2]
The genera were named Witaaspis after the quarry in Estonia where the specimens were found.[3]
