Placolepis

Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales.^[1] Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.^[2]

Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian, Frasnian–Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Restoration of P. budawangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Family:	†Phyllolepididae
Genus:	†Placolepis Ritchie, 1984
Type species
Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984[1]
Species
†P. budawangensis †P. tingeyi