Witaaspis

{{Short description|Genus of jawless fishes}}

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| fossil_range = Silurian

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| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Chordata

| classis = Osteostraci

| familia = †Cephalaspidae

| genus = Witaaspis

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| subdivision =

| species = W. patteni

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Witaaspis was an extinct genus of osteostraci fish that lived in the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs of the Silurian period.{{cite web |url= http://www.fossilmall.com/Science/paleozoic-fish/witaaspis/witaaspis-jawless-fish.htm |title= Extremely Rare Witaaspsis Silurian Jawless Fish |author= |date= |website= Fossil Mall |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}

Witaaspis schrenckii (Pander) and Witaaspis patteni Robertson were formally named in 1945, along with three other genara of osteostraci.{{cite web |url= https://ajsonline.org/article/61253 |title= Сephalaspids from the Upper Silurian of Oesel, with a Discussion of Cephalaspid Genera* |last= Robertson |first= George M. |date= April 30, 1945 |website= American Journal of Science |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}

The genera were named Witaaspis after the quarry in Estonia where the specimens were found.{{cite web |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/30056305?seq=3 |title= The Status of Cephalaspis Schrenckii Pander from the Upper Silurian of Oesel |last= Robertson |first= George M. |date= August 31, 1939 |website= The Journal of Geology, Vol. 47, No. 6, page 650|publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}

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Category:Silurian jawless fish

Category:Osteostraci genera

Category:Fossils of Estonia

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