Phymolepis
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| Phymolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, | |
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| Phymolepis cuifengshanensis restoration | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Antiarchi |
| Family: | †Yunnanolepididae |
| Genus: | †Phymolepis Zhang, 1978 |
| Type species | |
| †Phymolepis cuifengshanensis Zhang, 1978 | |
| Other species | |
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Phymolepis is an extinct genus of yunnanolepidid placoderm from the Early Devonian of China.[1] The type species, P. cuifengshanensis, was named by Zhang Goroui in 1978[1][2] and was re-evaluated in 2018,[3] while a second species, P. guoruii, was named and described in 1996.[4]
The holotype of P. cuifengshanensis is IVPP V4225.3, a nearly complete trunk shield, and it was found in the Xitun Formation, near Cuifengshan.[2] The paratype is IVPP V4425.6, a posterior median dorsal plate, and several other specimens of varying completeness have also been referred to Phymolepis,[3] with some specimens also being recovered from the Xishancun Formation.[4]
