Phlebolepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus belonging to the family Phlebolepididae. Whole fossils are found in Late Silurian (Ludlow epoch) aged strata from Saaremaa, Estonia. Phlebolepis elegans was average-sized for a thelodont, 7 cm long.[1]

Phlebolepis
Temporal range: late Silurian
Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Thelodonti
Order: Phlebolepidiformes
Family: Phlebolepididae
Genus: Phlebolepis
Pander, 1856
Species
  • P. elegans Pander, 1856
  • P. ornata Märss 1986
Life reconstruction of Phlebolepis elegans

References

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  1. ^ Wilson, Mark V. H.; Märss, Tiiu (2012). "Anatomy of the Silurian thelodont Phlebolepis elegans Pander". Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 61 (4): 261–276. doi:10.3176/earth.2012.4.06.