Phyllolepis

Taxobox
name = "Phyllolepis"

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fossil_range =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
infraphylum = Gnathostomata
classis = Placodermi
ordo = Phyllolepida
familia = Phyllolepididae
genus="Phyllolepis"
genus_authority =
subdivision_ranks = Speciess
subdivision =

"Phyllolepis" ("Leaf scale") is the type genus of Phyllolepida, an extinct order of placoderm fish from the Devonian.

"Phyllolepis" lived in freshwater environments, possibly rivers and streams. As with all other known phyllolepids, the species of "Phyllolepis" were presumed to have been blind, bottom-dwelling predators that detected prey through sensory organs in the surface grooves of their armor plates (which give their plates a distinctive "wooden surface" appearance). Their fossils are found in Europe and North America.

ources

*"Wildlife of Gondwana: Dinosaurs and Other Vertebrates from the Ancient Supercontinent" (Life of the Past) by Pat Vickers Rich, Thomas Hewitt Rich, Francesco Coffa, and Steven Morton
*"The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution" by John A. Long

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/Unit060/060.100.html#Phyllolepida Phyllolepida] at Palaeos.com