Jiuchengia

Jiuchengia longoccipita is a coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Late Emsian epoch of Wuding, Yunnan.^[1]

Jiuchengia Temporal range: Late Emsian[1]
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Suborder:	†Brachythoraci
Family:	†Coccosteidae
Genus:	†Jiuchengia Wang & Wang, 1983
Species:	†J. longoccipita
Binomial name
†Jiuchengia longoccipita Wang & Wang, 1983[2]

Its skull is similar in form to those of Watsonosteus and Dickosteus, though J. longoccipita can be easily distinguished from them in that its skull is longer, and has anatomical features in common with homostiids.