Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm arthrodire fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (408 – 307 million years ago).[1] Fossils of Arctolepis have been found in what is now Norway and Michigan.[2]
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| Fossil of Arctolepis at the Museum of Paleontology of Tuebingen | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Clade: | †Phlyctaenioidei |
| Family: | †Arctolepididae |
| Genus: | †Arctolepis Eastman, 1908 |
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Classification edit
Within Arthrodira, Arctolepis is considered a member of "Phylctaenii", a paraphyletic grouping within the clade Phlyctaenioidei, basal to the suborder Brachythoraci. Arctolepis is most closely related to Heintzosteus and Dicksonosteus.[3]
Arctolepis contains the following six species:
- †Arctolepis brevis Heintz, 1929
- †Arctolepis decipiens Woodward, 1891
- †Arctolepis lata Heintz, 1929
- †Arctolepis lewini Heintz, 1929
- †Arctolepis longicornis Heintz, 1929
- †Arctolepis solnoerdali Heintz, 1929
References edit
- ^ Miles R. S.; White Errol Ivor (1971-12-09). "The Holonematidae (placoderm fishes), a review based on new specimens of Holonema from the Upper Devonian of Western Australia". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B: Biological Sciences. 263 (849): 101–234. Bibcode:1971RSPTB.263..101M. doi:10.1098/rstb.1971.0111.
- ^ "Arctolepis sp". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2019-06-25.
- ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
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