Africanaspis
| Africanaspis Temporal range: Late Devonian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Groenlandaspididae |
| Genus: | †Africanaspis Long et al., 1997 |
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| Africanaspis doryssa Long et al., 1997
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Africanaspis is an extinct genus of groenlandaspidid placoderm known from two species, Africanaspis doryssa, named in 1997 from fossils discovered in South Africa[2] and Africanaspis edmountaini, named from fossils described from South Africa during 2017.[1] A. edmountaini is only known from juvenile specimens. Both species are known from the Witpoort Formation.
References
- ^ a b Robert W. Gess; Kate M. Trinajstic (2017). "New morphological information on, and species of placoderm fish Africanaspis (Arthrodira, Placodermi) from the Late Devonian of South Africa". PLoS ONE. 12 (4): e0173169. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173169. PMC 5381866. PMID 28379973.
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