Austrophyllolepis
| Austrophyllolepis | |
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| artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| (unranked): | Phyllolepida |
| Family: | Phyllolepididae |
| Genus: | Austrophyllolepis |
| Type species | |
| Austrophyllolepis ritchiei Long, 1984 | |
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Austrophyllolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid arthrodire placoderm from Middle to Late Devonian freshwater strata of Australia. The type species, A. ritchiei is found in Givetian to early Frasnian-aged freshwater strata near what is now Mount Howitt. A second species, A. dulciensis, is found from Middle Devonian freshwater strata from the Dulcie Sandstone of Georgina Basin, Central Australia.
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