Pteroplax Hancock and Atthey 1868 (tetrapod)

Osteichthyes - Tetrapoda - Eogyrinidae

Full reference: F. L. S. Hancock and T. Atthey. 1868. Notes on the remains of some reptiles and fishes from the shales of the Northumberland coal-field. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1(4):266-278

Parent taxon: Eogyrinidae according to A. L. Panchen 1970

See also Carroll 1988

Sister taxa: Aversor, Calligenethlon, Carbonoherpeton, Diplovertebron, Leptophractus, Neopteroplax, Nummulosaurus, Pholiderpeton

Subtaxa: Pteroplax cornutus

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Ecology:

Distribution: found only at Hannah Pit, Newsham (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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