Africanaspis

Africanaspis Temporal range: Late Devonian, Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of A. doryssa
Reconstruction of A. edmountaini
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Groenlandaspididae
Genus:	†Africanaspis Long et al., 1997
Type species
Africanaspis doryssa Long et al., 1997
Other species
Africanaspis edmountaini Gess & Trinajstic, 2017[1]

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. A. doryssa reached 23 cm (9.1 in) long.^[3]

References

1. Gess, Robert W.; Trinajstic, Kate M. (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. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1273169G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173169. PMC 5381866. PMID 28379973.
2. Haraamo, Mikko (2005-11-15). "Mikko's Phylogeny Archive entries on "†Acanthothoraci" "†Actinolepidae" "†Antiarcha" "†Arthrodira" "†Coccosteoidea" "†Coccosteina" "†Dinichthyloidea" "†Groelandaspididae" "†Holonematidae" "†Macropetalichthyidae" "†Phlyctaeniidae" †Phyllolepida "†Placodermi" "†Ptyctodontidae" "†Rhenanida"". Archived from the original on 2008-01-13. Retrieved 2008-01-13.
3. Engelman, Russell K. (2023). "A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)". Diversity. 15 (3). 318. doi:10.3390/d15030318.