Phyllolepis Agassiz 1843 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Phyllolepidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Phyllolepidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Austrophyllolepis, Cowralepis, Pentagonolepis, Placolepis

Subtaxa: Phyllolepis concentrica Phyllolepis delicatula Phyllolepis konincki Phyllolepis nielseni Phyllolepis orvini Phyllolepis rossimontina Phyllolepis tolli Phyllolepis undulata Phyllolepis woodwardi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Belgium (1), Greenland (1), Latvia (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: Pennsylvania)

Total: 9 collections including 11 occurrences

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