Arctolepis

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Arctolepis
Temporal range: Early Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Genus:
Arctolepis
Species:
A. brevis
Binomial name
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[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Arctolepis sp". science.mnhn.fr. Retrieved 2019-06-25.


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