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Genus of placoderm fishes From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Phlyctaenius Temporal range: | |
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Skull roof of P. acadius (specimen RSM GY 1897.51.129) | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Family: | †Phlyctaeniidae |
Genus: | †Phlyctaenius Traquair, 1890 |
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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]
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