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Rhyncholepis

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Rhyncholepis
Temporal range: Silurian
Scientific classification
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†Rhyncholepididae

Kiær 1924 corrig.
Genus:
Rhyncholepis

Kiær 1911 non Miquel 1843 non Nuttall 1841
Type species
Rhyncholepis parvula
Kiær 1911
Species
  • R. butriangula Blom, Märss & Miller 2002
  • R. parvula Kiær 1911

Rhyncholepis is an extinct genus of anaspida from the Late Silurian. It was 26 cm long.

Fossils have been found in southern Norway.

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