| Phlebolepis Temporal range:
late Silurian
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| Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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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