| Africanaspis | |
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| Reconstruction ofA. doryssa | |
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| Reconstruction ofA. edmountaini | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Groenlandaspididae |
| Genus: | †Africanaspis Longet al., 1997 |
| Type species | |
| Africanaspis doryssa Longet al., 1997 | |
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Africanaspis is an extinct genus ofgroenlandaspididplacoderm known from two species,Africanaspis doryssa, named in 1997 from fossils discovered inSouth Africa[2] andAfricanaspis edmountaini, named from fossils described fromSouth Africa during 2017.[1]A. edmountaini is only known fromjuvenilespecimens. Both species are known from theWitpoort Formation.A. doryssa reached 23 cm (9.1 in) long.[3]
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