†family Phyllolepidae Woodward 1891 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phyllolepida - Phyllolepidae

Alternative spelling: Phyllolepididae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2

Parent taxon: Phyllolepina according to R. H. Denison 1975

See also Denison 1978, Goujet and Young 1995, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Stensiƶ 1934 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Austrophyllolepis Pentagonolepis Phyllolepis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Portishead Bed 10 (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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