Mizia is a genus of primitive antiarch placoderm found in Emsian-aged marine strata of Early Devonian China.
| Mizia Temporal range: Emsian
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| M. longhuaensis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Antiarchi |
| Family: | †Yunnanolepididae |
| Genus: | †Mizia |
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| Mizia longhuaensis Zhu, 1996
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Species
editMizia longhuaensis
editThe only known specimen is of a mostly complete thoracic armor from the Xujiachong Formation in Qujing, Yunnan.[1] The armor is very similar to that of Yunnanolepis, but is distinguished by a unique floral pattern of raised ridges and grooves radiating from a point at the center of the dorsal shield of the thoracic armor. A similar pattern is seen on the thoracic armor of the Vietnamese Vukhuclepis. M. longhuaensis' armor is further ornamented with small tubercles.
Mizia parvus
editOriginally described as Yunnanolepis parvus. Min Zhu reexamined specimens of Y. parvus, and found the armor, in addition to being rather different from the armor seen in Yunnanolepis, to be more anatomically similar to the holotype of M. longhuaensis, and placed it into Mizia.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Min, Zhu. (1996). "The Phylogeny of Antiarcha (Placodermi, Pisces), with the Description of Early Devonian Antiarchs from Qujing, Yunnan, China" (PDF). Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle. 18: 233–347. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-23. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
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