Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Classis: †Placodermi
Ordo: †Arthrodiriformes
Subordo: †Actinolepidoidei
Genus: †Eukaia
Species: †Eukaia elongata

Name

†Eukaia elongata Mark-Kurik, 2013

• Holotype: GIT 604-4, skull roof.

Type locality: NW Siberian Platform, Turukhansk region. The Severnaya River (the right tributary of the Nizhnaya Tunguska River), right bank, 8 km from the river mouth, sample No. 130g.

Etymology: The species name elongata means prolonged in Latin, according to the long nuchal plate.

References

• Mark-Kurik, E. 2013. A new Lower Devonian arthrodire (Placodermi) from the NW Siberian Platform. Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences 62(3): 131–138. DOI: 10.3176/earth.2013.11 Reference page.