Placolepis
Appearance
Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian,
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Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Phyllolepididae |
Genus: | †Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
Type species | |
Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984[1]
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Species | |
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Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales.[1] Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b A new placoderm, Placolepis gen. nov. (Phyllolepidae), from the Late Devonian of New South Wales, Australia
- ^ "Fig. 7. Placolepis tingeyi sp. nov. A. Holotype, a nearly complete Nu".