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(Redirected from Placolepis budawangensis) Extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm

Placolepis
Temporal range: Devonian, Frasnian–Famennian PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration of P. budawangensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Phyllolepididae
Genus: Placolepis
Ritchie, 1984
Type species
Placolepis tingeyi
Ritchie, 1984
Species
  • P. budawangensis
  • P. tingeyi

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. ^ A new placoderm, Placolepis gen. nov. (Phyllolepidae), from the Late Devonian of New South Wales, Australia
  2. "Fig. 7. Placolepis tingeyi sp. nov. A. Holotype, a nearly complete Nu".
Arthrodira
Gnathostomata
Placodermi
Arthrodira
    • see below↓
Arthrodira
Arthrodira
Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaenioidei
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
Brachythoraci
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
    • see below↓
Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Eubrachythoraci
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Placolepis


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