Nochelaspis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
Nochelaspis
Head shield of Nochelaspis
Scientific classification
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Eugaleaspididae
Genus:
Nochelaspis
Zhu, 1992
Species
Nochelaspis is an extinct genus of Galeaspid .[1] It lived during the Lochkovian period in Lower Devonian East Asia (in today southeastern China [2] and northern Vietnam [3] ).
Description
N. maendrinae at the Beijing Museum of Natural History
Nochelaspis is the largest Eugaleaspid so far described. It is known from a head plate that was 127 mm (5.0 in) long, 158.5 mm (6.24 in) wide and 0.8 cm (0.3 in) thick.
It is an element of the Early Vertebrate fauna in the Xishancun Formation , and lived among Polybranchiaspids, Paleoniscoids, Crossopterygians , Arthrodires , Antiarchs , and Petalichthyids .[1]
References
Basal galeaspids
† Hayangaspididae
Hayangaspis
Hongshanaspis
Kalpinolepis
Konoceras
Latirostraspis
Nanjiangaspis
† Xiushiaspididae
Changxingaspis
Microphymaspis
Xiushuiaspis
Xiyuaspis
† Dayongaspididae
Dayongaspis
Platycarpaspis
† Shuyuidae
Jiangxialepis
Meishanaspis
Qingshuiaspis
Shuyu
† Sinogaleaspididae
Anjiaspis
Rumporostralis
Sinogaleaspis
† Tridenaspididae
Falxcormus
Pterogonaspis
Tridenaspis
† Eugaleaspididae
Liuaspis ?
Dunyu ?
Eugaleaspis
Nochelaspis
Pseudoduyunaspis ?
Xitunaspis
Yunnanogaleaspis
† Yongdongaspididae
† Duyunolepididae
Duyunolepis
Foxaspis
Lopadaspis
Neoduyunolepis
Paraduyunolepis
Pseudoduyunolepis
† Geraspididae† Gumuaspididae
Gumuaspis
Laxaspis
Nanningaspis
Platylomaspis
† Hyperaspididae† Pentathyraspididae
Microhoplonaspis
Pentathyraspis
† Polybranchiaspididae
Altigibbaspis
Bannhuanaspis
Clororbis
Cyclodiscaspis
Damaspis
Diandongaspis
Dongfangaspis
Polybranchiaspis
Siyingia
† Gantarostrataspididae
Gantarostrataspis
Rhegmaspis
Wumengshanaspis
† Huananaspidae
Asiaspis
Huanaspis
Nanpanaspis
Stephaspis
† Macrothyraspinae
Lungmenshanaspis
Macrothyraspis
Qingmenaspis
Sinoszechuanaspis
Punapithecus
† Sanchaspididae
Antiquisagittaspis
Sanchaspis
† Sanqiaspididae† Zhaotogaspididae
Wenshanaspis
Zhaotongaspis
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