Valyalepis
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| Valyalepis Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | †Loganelliidae |
| Genus: | †Valyalepis Turner & Nowlan, 1995 |
Valyalepis is an extinct genus of thelodonts in the family Loganelliidae. It lived in the Severnaya Zemlya archipelago during the earliest part of the Silurian period.[1][2]
Isolated scales of Valyalepis are robust and abrasion-resistant, similar to modern sharks which live among rough substrates such as rocky caves or reefs.[3][4]
