Actinolepis (placoderm)

Not to be confused with Actinolepis (plant).

Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid^[5] placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia,^[2] A. spinosa from Latvia (Sevy Dolomite),^[3] the type species A. tuberculata from New Zealand (Adam Mudstone Formation)^[1] and A. zaikai from Belarus (Lepel Beds).^[4]

Actinolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, 409.1–391.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Reconstruction of A. tuberculata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Actinolepidae
Genus:	†Actinolepis Agassiz, 1845[1]
Type species
†Actinolepis tuberculata Agassiz, 1845[1]
Other species
†A. magna Mark-Kurik, 1973 (vide Denison, 1978)[2] †A. spinosa Mark-Kurik, 1985[3] †A. zaikai Plax & Newman, 2020[4]

Gallery

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  Fragmentary dorsal armour of A. magna (specimen EMNH 203503); housed at the Estonian Museum of Natural History