Coelolepidae
Extinct family of jawless fishes
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Coelolepidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Silurian.[1] Some authors prefer to call this family Thelodontidae.[2]
| Coelolepidae | |
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| Comparison of Thelodus (large dark thelodonts) and Loganellia (small yellow thelodont) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | †Coelolepidae Pander, 1856 |
| Type genus | |
| †Coelolepis | |
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