Austrophyllolepis

Austrophyllolepis
	artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Placodermi
Order:	Arthrodira
(unranked):	Phyllolepida
Family:	Phyllolepididae
Genus:	Austrophyllolepis
Type species
	Austrophyllolepis ritchiei; Long, 1984
Species
	A. ritchiei; A. dulciensis;

Austrophyllolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid arthrodire placoderm from Middle to Late Devonian freshwater strata of Australia. The type species, A. ritchiei is found in Givetian to early Frasnian-aged freshwater strata near what is now Mount Howitt. A second species, A. dulciensis, is found from Middle Devonian freshwater strata from the Dulcie Sandstone of Georgina Basin, Central Australia.

References[]

A New Phyllolepid Placoderm Occurrence (Devonian Fish) from the Dulcie Sandstone, Georgina Basin, Central Australia.

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