Phymolepis

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]

Phymolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian, Lochkovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Phymolepis cuifengshanensis restoration
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Family:	†Yunnanolepididae
Genus:	†Phymolepis Zhang, 1978
Type species
†Phymolepis cuifengshanensis Zhang, 1978
Other species
†P. guoruii Zhu, 1996

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]