Plesiococcolepis is an extinct genus of prehistoric ray-finned fish.[2] It belongs to the family Coccolepididae and is known from the Early Jurassic of Lingling-Hengyang, Hunan, China.

Plesiococcolepis
Temporal range: Early Jurassic
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Plesiococcolepis

Wang, 1977
Type species
Plesiococcolepis hunanensis
Wang, 1977

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  1. ^ López-Arbarello, Adriana; Ebert, Martin (2021). "Diversity of Coccolepis AGASSIZ, 1843 (Coccolepididae, Chondrostei) from the Upper Jurassic Solnhofen-Archipelago, Southern Germany". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica. 66. doi:10.4202/app.00873.2021. S2CID 240243638.
  2. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.