Placolepis
Temporal range: Devonian,
Restoration of P. budawangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Placodermi
Order:
†Arthrodira (?sister or containing group)
(unranked):
†Phyllolepida
Family:
†Phyllolepididae
Genus:
†Placolepis

Ritchie, 1984
Type species
Placolepis tingeyi
Ritchie, 1984[1]
Species
  • †P. budawangensis
  • †P. tingeyi

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]

References

  1. 1 2 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".


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