Yujiangolepis

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Yujiangolepis
Temporal range: Devonian: Pragian, 410–407 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Genus: Yujiangolepis
Wang, Pan & Wang, 1998
Species
  • Yujiangolepis liujingensis Wang, Pan & Wang, 1998 (type)

Yujiangolepis is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm fish from the Pragian stage of the Devonian period. The type species is Yujiangolepis liujingensis, described from a single incomplete skull roof from the Nakaoling (Nagaoling) Formation of Hengxian, Guangxi, South China. It is one of the more basal members of the order Arthrodira, closely related to Antarctaspis, as shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

References

  1. ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.