Zhanjilepis aspartilis is an extinct yunnanolepid placoderm from Pridoli and Lochkovian rocks of Hunan, China. Zhanjilepis is known only from distinctively ordered plates.
| Zhanjilepis Temporal range: Late
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| Zhanjilepis aspartilis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Antiarchi |
| Family: | †Yunnanolepididae |
| Genus: | †Zhanjilepis |
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| Zhanjilepis aspartilis Junqing, 1991
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Description
editPlates
editZhanjilepis plates are very similar to the Late Llandovery yunnanolepid Shimenolepis, also known from distinctively ornamented plates.[1]
References
edit- ^ Wang Junqing (1991). "The Antiarchi from Early Silurian Hunan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 21 (3): 240–244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-12.
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