Nochelaspis is an extinct genus of galeaspid vertebrates. It lived during the Lochkovian period in Lower Devonian East Asia (in today southeastern China and northern VietnamQujing 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

Nochelaspis is the largest eugaleaspid so far described. It is known from a head plate that was long, 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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