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Genus of jawless fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Neeyambaspis enigmatica ("Enigmatic shield of Neeyamba Hill") is the lesser known of the two species of pituriaspid agnathans. The species lived in estuaries during the Middle Devonian, in what is now the Georgina Basin of Western Queensland, Australia.
Neeyambaspis enigmatica Temporal range: Mid Devonian | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Pituriaspida |
Order: | †Pituriaspidiformes |
Family: | †Pituriaspididae |
Genus: | †Neeyambaspis Young, 1991 |
Species: | †N. enigmatica |
Binomial name | |
†Neeyambaspis enigmatica Young, 1991 | |
N. enigmatica differed from its relative, Pituriaspis doylei, in that the headshield was triangular, rather than elongated, that the rostrum was much smaller and shorter, and that there was no cavity at the base of the rostrum that suggested the presence of nasal openings.
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