Westralichthys Temporal range:
Late Devonian: Middle
Famennian,
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Placodermi |
Order: | † Arthrodira |
Suborder: | † Brachythoraci |
Clade: | † Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | † Pachyosteomorphi |
Superfamily: | † Dunkleosteoidea |
Genus: | †
Westralichthys Long, 1987 |
Type species | |
Westralichthys uwagedensis Long, 1987
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Westralichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of dunkleosteoid from the Late Devonian: Middle Famennian stage from Western Australia. It is estimated to be 3 meters (9.8 ft) long. [1] [2]
Westralichthys belongs to the superfamily Dunkleosteoidea, related to the giant Dunkleosteus. [3] [4] The phylogeny of Westralichthys can be shown in the cladogram below: [4]
Westralichthys Temporal range:
Late Devonian: Middle
Famennian,
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---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Placodermi |
Order: | † Arthrodira |
Suborder: | † Brachythoraci |
Clade: | † Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | † Pachyosteomorphi |
Superfamily: | † Dunkleosteoidea |
Genus: | †
Westralichthys Long, 1987 |
Type species | |
Westralichthys uwagedensis Long, 1987
|
Westralichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of dunkleosteoid from the Late Devonian: Middle Famennian stage from Western Australia. It is estimated to be 3 meters (9.8 ft) long. [1] [2]
Westralichthys belongs to the superfamily Dunkleosteoidea, related to the giant Dunkleosteus. [3] [4] The phylogeny of Westralichthys can be shown in the cladogram below: [4]