Arctolepis Temporal range:
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Fossil of Arctolepis at the Museum of Paleontology of Tuebingen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Clade: | †Phlyctaenioidei |
Family: | †Arctolepididae |
Genus: | †Arctolepis Eastman, 1908 |
Species | |
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Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm arthrodire fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (408 – 307 million years ago).[1] Fossils of Arctolepis have been found in what is now Norway and Michigan.[2]
Within Arthrodira, Arctolepis is considered a member of "Phylctaenii", a paraphyletic grouping within the clade Phlyctaenioidei, basal to the suborder Brachythoraci. Arctolepis is most closely related to Heintzosteus and Dicksonosteus.[3]
Arctolepis contains the following six species: