Macropetalichthys
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| Macropetalichthys rapheidolabis Temporal range:
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Family: | Macropetalichthyidae
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| Genus: | Macropetalichthys Norwood & Owen, 1846
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| Species: | M. rapheidolabis
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| Macropetalichthys rapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846
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Macropetalichthys is a genus of placoderm fish, named by Norwood and Owen in 1846; the name "Macropetalichthys" means "armour-plated fish". It was assigned to Arthrodira by Woodward (1891); and to Petalichthida by Sepkoski (2002). It contains a single species, M. rapheidolabis.
- Range: Early Devonian of Europe, China & Australia
- Characters: Like primitive Arthrodira. Dorsoventrally compressed; orbits face dorsally; widely splayed pectoral fins, with cornua common; no post-pectoral plates; plates ornamented with linear rows of tubercles; strictly benthonic?
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