Arctolepis
Arctolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Genus: | Arctolepis
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Species: | A. brevis
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Arctolepis brevis |
Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm 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]
References[]
- ^ 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.
Categories:
- Placoderm genera
- Placoderms of Europe
- Early Devonian fish
- Devonian placoderms
- Phlyctaeniidae
- Fossils of Norway
- Fossils of the United States
- Placoderm stubs