Genus: Harajicadectes CHOO, HOLLAND, CLEMENT, KING, CHALLANDS, YOUNG & LONG, 2023 (published 2024)
Etymology: Named for the Harajica Dandstone Member and ancient Greek, dektes "biter" in refercne to the animal's large fangs and preseumded predatory habits; Harajica Biter.
Species: zhumini CHOO, HOLLAND, CLEMENT, KING, CHALLANDS, YOUNG & LONG, 2023 (published 2024)
Etymology: In honor of Professor Min Zhu fo the institute of Vertebrate Paleontology adn Paleonthropology, Beijing, China, for his numeorus contributions to early vertebrate paleontology.
Holotype: NTM P610
Locality: Locality 6 of Young (1985), about 2 km southwest of the southern end of Stokes Pass, Amadeus Basin, Northern Territory, Canada.
Horizon: Harajica Sandstone member, Parke Siltstone.
Biostratigraphy:
Age: Givetian Stage, Late Mid Devonian Epoch, late Middle Devonian-Frasnian Stage, Earliest Late Devonian Epoch, Early Late Devonian.
Material: Partial skull and much of the body outline in dorsal view with squamation preserved.
Paratype: CPC 39948: Partial skull, right post-temporal and right lower jaw.
Referred material:
AMF 99703: Pectoral fin elements.
AMF 99704: Crushed skull with mandible in dorsal view.
CPC 24700: Section of squamation adn fragmentary jaw elements.
CPC 24702: Denticulated tooth surface, either a partial entopterygoid or preatricular dental plate.
CPC 39948: Skull in palatal view (3994A) and a detached fragment of the snouth tip (39949B).
CPC 39950: Partial palate.
CPC 39952: Partial skull, left pectoral fin and scales from teh anterior half of body.
CPC 39953: Rear part of the body, comprising scales, median fins, adn a fragmetnry pelvic fin.
CPC 39954: Dectached pectoral fin with basal scute superimposed over flank squamation preserved in visceral aspect.
NMVP 229354: Partial palate and scales from the anterior body.
NMVP 228722: Partial skull roof, left post-temporal, and right lower jaw in dorsal view.
NMVP 229368: Partial opercualr-gular series, pectoral girdle, and body scales.
NMVP 253964: Right mandible in langual view.
NMVP 253965: FRagmentry right mandible and dermopalatine (253965A) and an associated complete left maxilla in mesial view (253965B).
NTM P6411: Section of vertebral column and associted scales.