Brindabellaspis
Name:
Brindabellaspis
(Brindabella Ranges Shield).
Phonetic: Bryn-da-bell-as-piss.
Named By: Gavin C. Young - 1980.
Classification: Chordata, Gnathostomata,
Placodermi.
Species: B. stensioi.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Australia.
Time period: Early Devonian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
First considered to be a weejasperaspid acanthothoracid placoderm, studies of the braincase indicate that Brindabellaspis may have been fairly close to the ancestral form all the placoderm fish that appeared after it.
Further reading
- A new Early Devonian placoderm from New South Wales, Australia,
with a discussion of placoderm phylogeny. - Palaeontographica
167A pp. 10–76. - Gavin C. Young - 1980.
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