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  • Wudinolepis weni

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    Misha

    By Misha

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Placodermi
    Order: Antiarchi
    Family: Microbrachiidae
    Genus: Wudinolepis
    Species: Wudinolepis weni

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Paleozoic
    Period: Devonian
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Emsian

    Stratigraphy

    Jiucheng Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Location

    Wuding County
    Yunnan
    China

    Comments

    Wudinolepis weni, tiny Microbrachiid placoderms from the early Devonian Jiucheng Fm. In Yunnan China. Specimens measure just over 1 cm in length, 2 are present on this piece, one exposed dorsally and the other ventrally.

     

    Preparation done by Paul Freitag 

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    NickG

    Is that a cystoid on that block?

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    Misha
    28 minutes ago, NickG said:

    Is that a cystoid on that block?

    No, this plate only has fish remains to my knowledge.

     

    Are you referring to the object in the second image? That is the dorsal thoracic "shield" of one of the placoderms. They do have a similar geometric appearance to them, so I can see where you are coming from 

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