Austrophyllolepis Long 1984 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Phyllolepidae

Full reference: J. Long. 1984. New phyllolepids from Victoria and the relationships of the Group. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107:263-308

Parent taxon: Phyllolepididae according to V. Dupret and M. Zhu 2007

Sister taxa: Cowralepis, Pentagonolepis, Phyllolepis, Placolepis

Subtaxa: Austrophyllolepis dulciensis Austrophyllolepis quiltyi Austrophyllolepis ritchiei Austrophyllolepis youngi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2)

Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences

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