Gavinaspis
| Gavinaspis Temporal range:
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|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †
Placodermi |
| Order: | |
| (unranked): | |
| Family: | †Gavinaspididae
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| Genus: | †Gavinaspis Dupret & Zhu, 2008
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| Species: | †G. convergens Dupret & Zhu, 2008
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| Binomial name | |
| †Gavinaspis convergens Dupret & Zhu, 2008
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Gavinaspis is a
phyllolepid placoderm which lived during the Early Devonian period (Late Lochkovian epoch), of Qujing, Yunnan province, south China
.
Discovery and naming
The known fossil remains of Gavinaspis convergens were collected by the Early Vertebrate Research Group of
generic name honors Dr Gavin C. Young of the Australian National University.[1]
The species is known from a portion of a
thoracic material is known.[1]
References
- ^ ISSN 1469-5081.