Austrophyllolepis
Genus of extinct placoderms
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Placodermi |
Order: | Arthrodira |
(unranked): | Phyllolepida |
Family: | Phyllolepididae |
Genus: | Austrophyllolepis |
Type species | |
Austrophyllolepis ritchiei Long, 1984 | |
Species | |
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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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