†Placolepis Ritchie 1984 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Phyllolepidae
Full reference: A. Ritchie. 1984. A new placoderm, Placolepis gen. nov. (Phyllolepidae) from the Late Devonian of New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 107:321-353
Parent taxon: Phyllolepididae according to A. Ritchie 1984
Sister taxa: Austrophyllolepis, Cowralepis, Pentagonolepis, Phyllolepis
Subtaxa: Placolepis budawangensis Placolepis harajica Placolepis tingeyi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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