Porolepis
Extinct genus of bony fishes
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Porolepis is an extinct genus of porolepiform sarcopterygian fish,[1] from the Early Devonian Dniester Series of Ukraine, which is rich in Porolepis remains, and also the Nellen Koepfchen Beds of Germany.[2][3] It lived alongside the dubious lophotrochozoan Macrodontophion.[4] It was first described in 1858[5] but Porolepis was not named as a sufficient species until 1891.[6]
| Porolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, ~ | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Order: | †Porolepiformes |
| Family: | †Porolepididae |
| Genus: | †Porolepis Woodward, 1891 |
| Type species | |
| †Porolepis posnaniensis (Kade, 1858) | |
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