Wufengshania

Wufengshania; Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Artist's reconstruction of W. magniforaminus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Family:	†Bothriolepididae
Genus:	†Wufengshania; Pan et al., 2018
Species
	W. magniforaminis Pan et al., 2018;

Wufengshania is an extinct genus of bothriolepidid placoderm from the Emsian epoch of China. The type species, Wufengshania magniforaminis was named by Zhaohui Pan et al., 2018.^[1]

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A single species of Wufengshania magniforaminis has been described so far. W. magniforaminus fossil remains are found in Emsian Late Devonian strata of China.

Along with Bothriolepis, this genus belongs to bothriolepididae, and considered as the sister group of Vietnamaspis.^[1]

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^ ^a ^b Zhaohui Pan; Min Zhu; You’An Zhu; Liantao Jia (2018). "A new antiarch placoderm from the Emsian (Early Devonian) of Wuding, Yunnan, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42: 10–21. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1338357. S2CID 134431456.

[:0-1] Zhaohui Pan; Min Zhu; You’An Zhu; Liantao Jia (2018). "A new antiarch placoderm from the Emsian (Early Devonian) of Wuding, Yunnan, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42: 10–21. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1338357. S2CID 134431456.

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