Placolepis
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]
| Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian, | |
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| Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
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| Order: | †Arthrodira (?sister or containing group) |
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| Genus: | †Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
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| Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984[1] | |
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References
- 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".
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