Placolepis
| Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian, | |
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| Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Phyllolepididae |
| Genus: | †Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984 | |
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Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales. Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.
References
- 1 2 Ritchie, Alexander. (1984). A new placoderm, Placolepis gen. nov. (Phyllolepidae), from the Late Devonian of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 107, 321--353
- ↑ Young, Gavin & Long, John. (2005). Phyllolepid placoderm fish remains from the Devonian Aztec Siltstone, southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Antarctic Science. 17. 387-408. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095410200500283X
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