Heightingtonaspis

Heightingtonaspis
Temporal range: Early Devonian, EarlyLochkovian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Actinolepidae
Genus: Heightingtonaspis
Type species
Heightingtonaspis anglica
White, 1968
Species
  • H. anglica

Heightingtonaspis anglica is a primitive arthrodire placoderm from Shropshire, England. The fossils were first discovered on the surface at Besom Farm Quarry. The fossils were in situ and were radiocarbon dated at about 416 million years old.

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