Arctolepis

Arctolepis

Taxobox
name = "Arctolepis"
fossil_range = Early Devonian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
infraphylum = Gnathostomata
classis = Placodermi
ordo = Arthrodira
familia = Phlyctaeniidae
genus = "Arctolepis"
species = "A. brevis"
binomial = "Arctolepis brevis"

"Arctolepis" is an extinct genus of placoderm fish, which lived during the Early Devonian period (408307 mya).

Fossils of "Arctolepis" have been found in Norway.


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