Phlyctaeniidae

Phlyctaeniidae

Phlyctaeniidae

Extinct family of fishes

Phlyctaeniidae is an extinct family of placoderm arthrodire fishes that lived during the Devonian period, mainly in Norway and North America.

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Classification

Order Arthrodira Woodward, 1891

Phylogeny

Phlyctaeniidae's placement within Arthrodira can be shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Lunaspis broilii

Eurycaraspis incilis

Arthrodira

Yujiangolepis liujingensis

Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis

Wuttagoonaspidae
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

References

  1. [1]
    Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.


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