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Phyllolepis

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Phyllolepidae

Taxonomy

Phyllolepis was named by Agassiz (1843).

It was assigned to Phyllolepidae by Woodward (1891), Hay (1902), Jordan (1963), Denison (1978).

Species

P. concentrica, P. delicatula, P. konincki, P. nielseni, P. orvini, P. rossimontina, P. tolli, P. undulata, P. woodwardi

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. thomsoni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Phyllolepis Agassiz p. 177
1891	Phyllolepis Woodward p. 313
1902	Phyllolepis Hay p. 349
1963	Phyllolepis Jordan p. 589
1978	Phyllolepis Denison

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata

Rank	Name	Author
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Placodermi	M'Coy 1848
—	Arthrodira	(Woodward 1891)
order	Actinolepidiformes
family	Phyllolepidae
genus	Phyllolepis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Phyllolepis Agassiz 1843

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†Phyllolepis concentrica Agassiz 1844

†Phyllolepis delicatula Newberry 1889

†Phyllolepis konincki Lohest 1888

†Phyllolepis nielseni Stensio 1939

†Phyllolepis orvini Heintz 1930

†Phyllolepis rossimontina Lane 2005

†Phyllolepis tolli Vasiliauskas 1963

†Phyllolepis undulata Lohest 1888

†Phyllolepis woodwardi Stensio 1939

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

marinesubp

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

nektonico

Diet:

carnivoreo

Created:

2004-08-17 14:23:32

Modified:

2004-08-17 16:33:26

Source: o = order, subp = subphylum

Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Givetian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 387.95000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Givetian - Middle Givetian	387.95 - 383.4	Australia (New South Wales)	P. sp. (238202)
Late/Upper Givetian	383.4 - 382.31	Australia (Victoria)	P. sp. (239410 239411)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	United Kingdom (Somerset)	P. concentrica (232123)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	Greenland	P. nielseni, P. orvini (238738)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	Latvia	P. tolli (238744)
Famennian	372.15 - 358.86	United Kingdom	P. concentrica, P. woodwardi (238708)
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	USA (Pennsylvania)	P. rossimontina (35044)
Late/Upper Famennian	365.2 - 358.86	Belgium	P. undulata (131916)