Placolepis
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.
| Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian, | |
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| Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
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| Order: | †Arthrodira (?sister or containing group) |
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| Genus: | †Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
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| Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984 | |
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