Eczematolepis

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Placodermi
Order:Ptyctodontida
Family:Ptyctodontidae
Eczematolepis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian, Givetian
Fin spine UWM-GM 1827 of Eczematolepis .sp from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Ptyctodontida
Family: Ptyctodontidae
Genus: Eczematolepis
Miller, 1892
Type species
Eczematolepis fragilis
Newberry, 1857
Other species
  • E. pustulosus Newberry, 1875
  • E. telleri Eastman, 1898
Synonyms

Eczematolepis is an extinct genus of ptyctodontidan from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin. Three species are known: E. fragilis,[1] E. pustulosus[2] and E. telleri.[3] It was originally classified as the genus Acantholepis but that name was preoccupied.

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