Jiuchengia
| Jiuchengia Temporal range: Late Emsian[1] | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | Brachythoraci |
| Infraorder: | Coccosteina Heintz, 1932 |
| Superfamily: | Coccosteoidea |
| Family: | Coccosteidae Traquir, 1888 |
| Genus: | Jiuchengia |
| Species: | J. longoccipita |
| Binomial name | |
| Jiuchengia longoccipita Wang & Wang 1983[2] | |
Jiuchengia longoccipita is a coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Late Emsian epoch of Wuding, Yunnan.[1]
Its skull is similar in form to those of Watsonosteus and Dickosteus, though J. longoccipita can be easily distinguished from them in that its skull is longer, and has anatomical features in common with homostiids.
References
- 1 2 Wang Junqing & Min, Zhu (1995). "Age of the Jiucheng Formation of Wuding,Yunnan". Institute of Vertebrate Palaeontology and Palaeoanthropology, Academia Sinica, Beijing. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
- ↑ Wang Junqing (1983). "NEW DISCOVERY OF EARLY MIDDLE DEVONIAN BRACHY-THORACID (PLACODERM FISH) FROM WUDING REGION OF YUNNAN". Vertebrata PalAsiatica.
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