Wuttagoonaspis

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Wuttagoonaspis
Temporal range: Middle
Ma
Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Wuttagoonaspidae
Genus: Wuttagoonaspis
Ritchie, 1973
Species
  • Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri Ritchie, 1973 (type)
  • Wuttagoonaspis milligani Young & Goujet, 2003

Wuttagoonaspis is an

described by Ritchie in 1973, and Wuttagoonaspis milligani, described by Young and Goujet in 2003.[1]

Classification

Wuttagoonaspis belongs to the family Wuttagoonaspidae, and is closely related to Yiminaspis. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, as shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira

Yujiangolepis liujingensis

Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis

Wuttagoonaspidae

Yiminaspis shenme

Wuttagoonaspis fletcheri

Aethaspis major

Aethaspis utahensis

Lehmanosteus hyperboreus

Aleosteus eganensis

Simblaspis cachensis

Kujdanowiaspis buczacziensis

Kujdanowiaspis podolica

Erikaspis zychi

Sigaspis lepidophora

Eskimaspis heintzi

Baringaspis dineleyi

Proaethaspis ohioensis

Anarthraspis chamberlini

Heightingtonaspis anglica

Phyllolepida

Gavinaspis convergens

Phyllolepis orvini

Austrophyllolepis sp.

Cowralepis mclachlani

Placolepis budawangensis

Actinolepidae

Bollandaspis woschmidti

Actinolepis spinosa

Actinolepis magna

Actinolepis tuberculata

Bryantolepis brachycephalus

Phlyctaenioidei

Phlyctaeniidae

Groenlandaspidae

Arctaspidae

Dicksonosteus arcticus

Arctolepidae

Brachythoraci

Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

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