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]

Placolepis
Temporal range: Devonian, Frasnian–Famennian
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[1]
Species
  • P. budawangensis
  • P. tingeyi

References

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  1. ^ a b 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".