Phyllolepis nielseni Stensio 1939 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Phyllolepidae

Belongs to Phyllolepis according to Stensio 1939

Sister taxa: Phyllolepis concentrica, Phyllolepis delicatula, Phyllolepis konincki, Phyllolepis orvini, Phyllolepis rossimontina, Phyllolepis tolli, Phyllolepis undulata, Phyllolepis woodwardi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gunnar Andersson Land, north side of Dusenfjord (Devonian of Greenland)

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