Eczematolepis
Eczematolepis Temporal range: Middle Devonian,
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Fin spine UWM-GM 1827 of Eczematolepis .sp from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Ptyctodontida |
Family: | †Ptyctodontidae |
Genus: | †Eczematolepis Miller, 1892 |
Type species | |
†Eczematolepis fragilis Newberry, 1857
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Eczematolepis is an extinct genus of ptyctodontidan from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin. Three species are known: E. fragilis,[1] E. pustulosus[2] and E. telleri.[3] It was originally classified as the genus Acantholepis but that name was preoccupied.
References[]
- ^ "Eczematolepis fragilis". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Eczematolepis pustulosus". Fossilworks. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
- ^ Eastman, C. R. 1898 B, p. 55, fig. 49. 1899 B, p. 283.
Categories:
- Ptyctodontids
- Givetian extinctions
- Placoderm genera
- Fossil taxa described in 1892
- Placoderm stubs