Phymolepis Temporal range: Early
Devonian,
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Phymolepis cuifengshanensis restoration | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | † Placodermi |
Order: | † Antiarchi |
Family: | † Yunnanolepididae |
Genus: | †
Phymolepis Zhang, 1978 |
Type species | |
†Phymolepis cuifengshanensis Zhang, 1978
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Phymolepis is an extinct genus of yunnanolepidid placoderm from the Early Devonian of China. [1] The type species, P. cuifengshanensis, was named by Zhang Goroui in 1978 [1] [2] and was re-evaluated in 2018, [3] while a second species, P. guoruii, was named and described in 1996. [4]
The holotype of P. cuifengshanensis is IVPP V4225.3, a nearly complete trunk shield, and it was found in the Xitun Formation, near Cuifengshan. [2] The paratype is IVPP V4425.6, a posterior median dorsal plate, and several other specimens of varying completeness have also been referred to Phymolepis, [3] with some specimens also being recovered from the Xishancun Formation. [4]