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Phlyctaenius Temporal range:
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Skull roof of P. acadius (specimen RSM GY 1897.51.129) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Placodermi |
Order: | † Arthrodira |
Family: | † Phlyctaeniidae |
Genus: | †
Phlyctaenius Traquair, 1890 |
Species | |
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Phlyctaenius is an extinct genus of placoderm fish, which lived during the Devonian period of New Brunswick, Canada. [1] It was named by Traquair (1890) [2] [3] as a replacement for Phlyctaenium Zittel (1879), which was preoccupied. [4]
One species, P. anglicus, was known from remains found in England and Wales and was initially described by Traquair (1890). [3] It was moved to Heightingtonaspis when the genus was described by White (1969). [5]