Paraplesiobatis

Paraplesiobatis; Temporal range: Emsian
	Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Placodermi
Order:	Pseudopetalichthyida; Denison 1975
Family:	Paraplesiobatidae; Berg 1940
Genus:	Paraplesiobatis
Species:	P. heinrichsi
Binomial name
	Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi; Broili, 1933

Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi is a lightly armored pseudopetalichthyid placoderm from the Hunsrückschiefer Lagerstätte of Early Devonian Germany. The type and only known specimen is an articulated, but very incomplete individual consisting of a large, incomplete, plate-covered head, and some of the vertebral column, with a total length of 10 centimeters. The specimen strongly resembles Pseudopetalichthys to the point that many experts suggest they may be of the same genus or species,^[1] though because the only specimens of both genera are so poorly preserved, talk of synonymizing the two can not begin (let alone continue) until more, better preserved specimens are found.^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Denison, Robert (1978). Placodermi Volume 2 of Handbook of Paleoichthyology'. Stuttgart New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.

External links[]

Pseudopetalichthys at the Paleobiology Database

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[Denison-1] Denison, Robert (1978). Placodermi Volume 2 of Handbook of Paleoichthyology'. Stuttgart New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.

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