Macropetalichthys rapheidolabis Temporal range:
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Genus: | Macropetalichthys Norwood & Owen, 1846
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Species: | M. rapheidolabis
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Macropetalichthys rapheidolabis Norwood & Owen, 1846
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Macropetalichthys is a genus of placoderm fish, named by Norwood and Owen in 1846; the name "Macropetalichthys" means "armour-plated fish".[1][2] It was assigned to Arthrodira by Woodward (1891); and to Petalichthida by Sepkoski (2002). It contains a single species, M. rapheidolabis.