Nochelaspis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of jawless vertebrates}}

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| fossil_range = Lochkovian, {{Fossil range|416|412.3}}

| image = NochelaspisMaeandrine-PaleozoologicalMuseumOfChina-May23-08.jpg

| image_caption = Head shield of Nochelaspis

| parent_authority = Zhu, 1992

| taxon = Nochelaspis maeandrina

| authority = Zhu, 1992

}}

Nochelaspis is an extinct genus of galeaspid vertebrates.{{Cite journal|url=https://www.academia.edu/1810086|title=Two new eugaleaspids, with a discussion on eugaleaspid phylogeny|first=Min|last=Zhu|journal=Vert. PalAsiat|date=January 1992 |via=www.academia.edu}} It lived during the Lochkovian period in Lower Devonian East Asia (in today southeastern China{{Cite web|url=http://www.paleobiodb.org/classic?a=basicTaxonInfo&taxon_no=321293|title=PBDB|website=www.paleobiodb.org}} and northern Vietnam[https://www.breakinglatest.news/news/qujing-ancient-fish-kingdom-reappears-420-million-years-ago-the-largest-roaming-simple-fish-scientific-exploration-cnbeta-com/ Qujing Ancient Fish Kingdom reappears 420 million years ago, the largest roaming simple fish-Scientific Exploration-cnBeta.COM]. 21 October 2021. Retrieved 06 November 2021.).

Description

File:Nochelaspis_maendrinae.jpg

Nochelaspis is the largest eugaleaspid so far described. It is known from a head plate that was {{cvt|127|mm}} long, {{cvt|158.5|mm}} 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 polybranchiaspid galeaspids, antiarchs, arthrodires, petalichthyids and osteichthyans.

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Category:Galeaspida

Category:Prehistoric jawless fish genera

Category:Fossil taxa described in 1992

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