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(Redirected from Phlebolepis elegans) Extinct genus of jawless fishes

Phlebolepis
Temporal range: late Silurian
Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Thelodonti
Order: †Phlebolepidiformes
Family: †Phlebolepididae
Genus: †Phlebolepis
Pander, 1856
Species
  • †P. elegans Pander, 1856
  • †P. ornata Märss 1986

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.

Life reconstruction of Phlebolepis elegans

References

  1. 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.
Thelodonti
Thelodonti
Archipelepidiformes
Furcacaudiformes
Nikoliviidae
Lanarkiidae
Apalolepididae
Furcacaudidae
Thelodontiformes
Talivaliidae
Turiniidae
Coelolepidae
Loganelliidae
Phlebolepididae
Shieliidae
Furcacauda heintzae
Taxon identifiers
Phlebolepis


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