†Cowralepis Ritchie 2005 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Arthrodira - Phyllolepidae
Full reference: A. Ritchie. 2005. Cowralepis, a new genus of phyllolepid fish (Pisces, Placodermi) from the Late Middle Devonian of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 126:215-259
Parent taxon: Phyllolepididae according to A. Ritchie 2005
Sister taxa: Austrophyllolepis, Pentagonolepis, Phyllolepis, Placolepis
Subtaxa: Cowralepis mclachlani
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Merriganowry Quarry, Cowra area (Devonian of Australia)
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