A new placoderm fish of uncertain affinity from the Early-Middle Devonian Hatchery Creek succession at Wee Jasper, New South Wales

A new genus and species of placoderm (Edgellaspis gorteri) has a parallel-sided skull including a deep orbital notch, a large crown-shaped nuchal plate reaching forward past the level of the orbits to contact the pineal plate, and three pairs of sensory grooves meeting at a central point on the nuch...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology
Main Authors: Hunt, James R, Young, Gavin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: Geological Society of Australia
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Keywords: Eifelian
Emsian
fish
new genus
new species
skull
taxonomy
Australia
New South Wales
Wee Jasper
Arthrodira Edgellaspis new genus
Emsian-eifelian
Placoderm fish
Hatchery Creek
Antarc*
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1885/66756
https://doi.org/10.1080/03115511003793645
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