Placolepis Temporal range:
Devonian,
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Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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. [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 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Placodermi |
Order: | † Arthrodira |
Family: | † Phyllolepididae |
Genus: | †
Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
Type species | |
Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984
[1]
| |
Species | |
|
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]