{"id":183,"date":"2021-11-15T14:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T03:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/?page_id=183"},"modified":"2023-05-30T16:16:26","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T06:46:26","slug":"westralichthys-uwagadensis","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.flinders.edu.au\/vamp\/fossils\/vertebrate-fossils\/fish\/westralichthys-uwagadensis\/","title":{"rendered":"<i>Westralichthys uwagadensis<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h1><em>Westralichthys uwagadensis<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>An arthrodire (dinichthyid) placoderm known only from one incomplete skull roof.<br \/>\nThe scanned specimen is the holotype, from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, most likely from the Virgin Hills Formation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Skeletal element:<\/strong> Cranium<br \/>\n<strong>Specimen number:<\/strong> WAM.86.9.664<br \/>\n<strong>Significance of specimen:<\/strong> Holotype<br \/>\n<strong>Geological age: <\/strong>Famennian<br \/>\n<strong>State\/territory:<\/strong> Western Australia<br \/>\n<strong>Locality\/site:<\/strong> Fitzroy Crossing<\/p>\n<p>LONG J A 1987. A new dinichthyid fish (Placodermi: Arthrodira) from the Upper Devonian of Western Australia, with a discussion of dinichthyid interrelationships. 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The scanned specimen is the holotype, from Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, most likely from the Virgin Hills Formation. 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