Weejasperaspis gavini
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Weejasperaspis Temporal range: Early Devonian |
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| Weejasperaspis gavini, Murrindalaspis wallacei & Brindabellaspis stensioi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
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Placodermi McCoy, 1848 |
| Order: |
Acanthothoraci Stensiö, 1944 |
| Family: | Weejasperaspididae † |
| Genus: | Weejasperaspis |
| Species: | W. gavini |
| Binomial name | |
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Weejasperaspis gavini White 1978 |
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Weejasperaspis gavini is an extinct acanthothoracid placoderm found in the Taemas-Weejasper Reef, of the Early Devonian-aged Buchan Group in eastern Victoria, Australia. Weejasperaspis differs from other acanthothoracids in that the median dorsal crest is short, and triangular-shaped. Its sister genus, Murrindalaspis, differs from it by having large, blade-like median dorsal crests that are recurved. Like Murrindalaspis, it is only known from a dorsal plate and ossified eyeballs.
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