Witaaspis

{{Short description|Genus of jawless fishes}} {{Taxobox | fossil_range = Silurian | image = | image_caption = | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Osteostraci | familia = †Cephalaspidae | genus = '''''Witaaspis''''' | subdivision_ranks = | subdivision = | species = ''W. patteni'' }}

'''''Witaaspis''''' was an extinct genus of osteostraci fish that lived in the Wenlock and Ludlow epochs of the Silurian period.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.fossilmall.com/Science/paleozoic-fish/witaaspis/witaaspis-jawless-fish.htm |title= Extremely Rare Witaaspsis Silurian Jawless Fish |author= |date= |website= Fossil Mall |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

''Witaaspis schrenckii (Pander)'' and ''Witaaspis patteni Robertson'' were formally named in 1945, along with three other genara of osteostraci.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://ajsonline.org/article/61253 |title= Сephalaspids from the Upper Silurian of Oesel, with a Discussion of Cephalaspid Genera* |last= Robertson |first= George M. |date= April 30, 1945 |website= American Journal of Science |publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

The genera were named ''Witaaspis'' after the quarry in Estonia where the specimens were found.<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.jstor.org/stable/30056305?seq=3 |title= The Status of Cephalaspis Schrenckii Pander from the Upper Silurian of Oesel |last= Robertson |first= George M. |date= August 31, 1939 |website= The Journal of Geology, Vol. 47, No. 6, page 650|publisher= |access-date= May 14, 2025 |quote=}}</ref>

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Category:Silurian jawless fish Category:Osteostraci genera Category:Fossils of Estonia