Phlebolepis
Appearance
Phlebolepis Temporal range: Early Silurian
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Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
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Genus: | Phlebolepis Pander, 1856
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Phlebolepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus belonging to the family Phlebolepididae. Whole fossils are found in Early Silurian (Llandovery) aged strata from Saaremaa, Estonia. Phlebolepis elegans was average-sized for a thelodont, 10 cm long.[1]
References
- ^ Anatomy of the Silurian thelodont Phlebolepis elegans Pander. Mark V. H. Wilson and Tiiu Marss, Estonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2012, volume 61, issue 4, pages 261-276, doi:10.3176/earth.2012.4.06