Tujiaaspis

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Tujiaaspis
Temporal range: Telychian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Galeaspida
Order: Eugaleaspidiformes
Genus: Tujiaaspis
Species:
T. vividus
Binomial name
Tujiaaspis vividus
Gai et. al., 2022

Tujiaaspis is an extinct genus of eugaleaspidiform that lived during the Telychian stage of the Llandovery epoch.

Distribution

Tujiaaspis vividus is known from the Huixingshao Formation of China. [1]

References

  1. Gai, Zhikun; Li, Qiang; Ferrón, Humberto G.; Keating, Joseph N.; Wang, Junqing; Donoghue, Philip C. J.; Zhu, Min (28 September 2022). "Galeaspid anatomy and the origin of vertebrate paired appendages" . Nature . 609 (7929): 959–963. Bibcode:2022Natur.609..959G. doi:10.1038/s41586-022-04897-6. hdl: 1983/39f23cba-4a2b-4d8f-92fe-dbfc89869c26 . ISSN   1476-4687. PMID   36171376 . Retrieved 23 February 2025.