Austrophyllolepis
| Austrophyllolepis | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Phyllolepididae |
| Genus: | †Austrophyllolepis Long, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Austrophyllolepis ritchiei Long, 1984 | |
| Species | |
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Austrophyllolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid arthrodire placoderm from Middle to Late Devonian freshwater strata of Australia. The type species, A. ritchiei is found in Givetian to early Frasnian-aged freshwater rocks near what is now Mount Howitt.[1] A second species, A. dulciensis, is found from Middle Devonian freshwater strata from the Dulcie Sandstone of Georgina Basin, Central Australia.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Long, J. A. (1984). New phyllolepids from Victoria and the relationships of the group. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 107(3), 263–308.
- ↑ Young, G. C. (2005), A New Phyllolepid Placoderm Occurrence (Devonian Fish) from the Dulcie Sandstone, Georgina Basin, Central Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 126, 203–213.
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