Phlebolepis
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Phlebolepis Temporal range: late Silurian
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Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | †Thelodonti |
Order: | †Phlebolepidiformes |
Family: | †Phlebolepididae |
Genus: | †Phlebolepis Pander, 1856 |
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Phlebolepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus belonging to the family Phlebolepididae. Whole fossils are found in Late Silurian (Ludlow epoch) aged strata from Saaremaa, Estonia. Phlebolepis elegans was average-sized for a thelodont, 7 cm long.[1]
References
- ^ Wilson, Mark V. H.; Märss, Tiiu (2012). "Anatomy of the Silurian thelodont Phlebolepis elegans Pander". Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences. 61 (4): 261–276. doi:10.3176/earth.2012.4.06.
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