Cowralepis Temporal range: Late Devonian, Givetian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Restoration of C. mclachlani | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira (?sister or containing group) |
(unranked): | †Phyllolepida |
Family: | †Phyllolepididae |
Genus: | †Cowralepis Ritchie, 2005 |
Type species | |
Cowrapelis mclachlani Ritchie, 2005 |
Cowralepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm of Givetian Cowra, New South Wales, and several juveniles of various stages of growth have also been discovered. Cowralepis grew to 35 centimeters.
References
- ^ Cowralepis, a new genus of phyllolepid fish (Pisces, Placodermi) from the Late Middle Devonian of New South Wales, Australia
- Carr, R. K.; Johanson, Z.; Ritchie, A. (2009). "The phyllolepid placoderm Cowralepis mclachlani: Insights into the evolution of feeding mechanisms in jawed vertebrates". Journal of Morphology. 270 (7): 775–804. doi:10.1002/jmor.10719. PMID 19215000. S2CID 45258255.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Cowralepis |
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