Erepsilepis
Extinct genus of jawless fishes
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Erepsilepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus in the family Phlebolepididae.[1]
| Erepsilepis Temporal range: Early Silurian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Phlebolepidiformes |
| Family: | †Phlebolepididae |
| Genus: | †Erepsilepis |
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Scales of Erepsilepis are robust and abrasion-resistant, at least on one side of the body. Sharks which live among rough substrates such as rocky caves or reefs have abrasion-resistant scales across their entire body, while those which forage on soft sandy or muddy substrates tend to concentrate these kinds of scales on their belly.[2][3]
