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WUTTAGOONASPIS
(wut-tah-goon-ah-spis)
Wuttagoonaspis
Named By: A. Ritchie in 1973
Time Period: Middle Devonian
Location: Australia
Size: Head shield up to 18 centimetres long and 10 centimetres across
Diet: Carnivore
Fossil(s): Individuals of 2 species
Classification: | Chordata | Vertebrata | Placodermi | Arthrodira | Wuttagoonaspidae |
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Wuttagoonaspis is a genus of primitive arthrodire placoderms from Middle Devonian Australia. The box-like skull is up to 18 centimeters in length, and the median dorsal plate averages in length about 10 centimeters.

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