Foxaspis

Foxaspis (IPA: [fɒksæspɪs]) (meaning "fox shield") is a genus of duyunolepidid galeaspid from Pragian in Guangxi; Southern China. The type and only species is F. novemura, known from two specimens consisting of a complete headshield articulated with a body and tail, and an incomplete headshield and exceptionally preserved tail.[1]

Foxaspis
Temporal range:
Pragian,
Photographs of the holotype and paratype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Cephalaspidomorphi
Order: †Polybranchiaspidiformes
Family: †Duyunolepididae
Genus: †Foxaspis
Gai et al., 2023
Type species
†Foxaspis novemura
Zhikun Gai, Xianghong Lin, Xianren Shan, Humberto G. Ferrón, and Philip C. J. Donoghue, 2023

Description

Foxaspis is known from two specimens which were described in 2023 by Gai et al., (2023). The holotype, IVPP V30958.1a-b consists of a complete headshield articulated with a body and tail. The paratype, IVPP V30958.2-3, consists of an incomplete headshield and exceptionally preserved tail.[1]

Reconstruction of Foxaspis

Etymology

The generic name, Foxaspis (IPA: [fɒksæspɪs]), is derived from the English word fox and the Greek word aspis which roughly translates to "shield," meaning the generic name translates to "fox shield." The specific name, novemura (IPA: [no.vemˈuːrä]), which derives from the Latin words novem, which translates to "nine," and suffix -ura which refers to a tail, meaning the specific name translates to "nine tails." It was named as such after the nine-tailed fox, a mythical beast mentioned in the Shanhai jing.[1]

References
  1. Gai, Zhikun; Lin, Xianghong; Shan, Xianren; Ferrón, Humberto; Donoghue, Philip (27 February 2023). "Postcranial disparity of galeaspids and the evolution of swimming speeds in stem-gnathostomes". National Science Review. 10 (2): nwad050. doi:10.1093/nsr/nwad050. hdl:10550/85976. PMC 10232041. PMID 37266551.
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