Turrisaspis

Extinct species of fish

Turrisaspis
Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Turrisaspis elektor head shield, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Placodermi
Order:
Arthrodira
Family:
Groenlandaspidae
Genus:
Turrisaspis
Species:
T. elektor
Binomial name
Turrisaspis elektor
Daeschler, Furmes & Mullison, 2003
Artist's reconstruction of Turrisaspis elektor
Artist's reconstruction

Turrisaspis elektor is an extinct species of groenlandaspid arthrodire placoderm .[1] It is known only from trunk fragments from the Catskill Formation from the Upper Devonian of Clinton County, Pennsylvania .[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Edward B. Daeschler, Anna C. Furmes & C. Frederick Mullison (2003). "Groenlandaspidid placoderm fishes from the Late Devonian of North America" (PDF). Records of the Australian Museum. 55: 45–60. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.55.2003.1374.
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