Wufengshania
Wufengshania is an extinct genus of bothriolepidid placoderm from the Emsian epoch of China. The type species, Wufengshania magniforaminis was named by Zhaohui Pan et al., 2018.[1]
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Antiarchi |
| Family: | †Bothriolepididae |
| Genus: | †Wufengshania Pan et al., 2018 |
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Taxonomy
Vietnamaspis trii, a species belongs to the sister group of Wufengshania.
Species
A single species of Wufengshania magniforaminis has been described so far. W. magniforaminus fossil remains are found in Emsian Late Devonian strata of China.
Along with Bothriolepis, this genus belongs to bothriolepididae, and considered as the sister group of Vietnamaspis.[1]
See also
References
- Zhaohui Pan; Min Zhu; You’An Zhu; Liantao Jia (2018). "A new antiarch placoderm from the Emsian (Early Devonian) of Wuding, Yunnan, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42: 10–21. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1338357. S2CID 134431456.
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