Wufengshania

Wufengshania is an extinct genus of bothriolepidid placoderm from the Emsian epoch of China. The type species, Wufengshania magniforaminis was named by Zhaohui Pan et al., 2018.[1]

Wufengshania
Temporal range: Emsian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Antiarchi
Family: †Bothriolepididae
Genus: †Wufengshania
Pan et al., 2018
Species
  • W. magniforaminis Pan et al., 2018

Taxonomy

Species

A single species of Wufengshania magniforaminis has been described so far. W. magniforaminus fossil remains are found in Emsian Late Devonian strata of China.

See also

References
  1. Zhaohui Pan; Min Zhu; You’An Zhu; Liantao Jia (2018). "A new antiarch placoderm from the Emsian (Early Devonian) of Wuding, Yunnan, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. in press. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1338357.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.