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 Pridoli–Lochkovian
Zhanjilepis aspartilis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Antiarchi
Family: Yunnanolepididae
Genus: Zhanjilepis
Type species
Zhanjilepis aspartilis
Junqing, 1991

Description

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Plates

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Zhanjilepis plates are very similar to the Late Llandovery yunnanolepid Shimenolepis, also known from distinctively ornamented plates.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.