Phyllolepis orvini Heintz 1930 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Phyllolepidae

Full reference: A. Heintz. 1930. Oberdevonische Fischereste aus Ost-Grönlands. Skrifter om Svalbard og Ishavet 30:31-46

Belongs to Phyllolepis according to Heintz 1930

Sister taxa: Phyllolepis concentrica, Phyllolepis delicatula, Phyllolepis konincki, Phyllolepis nielseni, 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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