Phlebolepis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
| Phlebolepis Temporal range: late Silurian | |
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| Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Phlebolepidiformes |
| Family: | †Phlebolepididae |
| Genus: | †Phlebolepis Pander, 1856 |
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