Rank Genus | Class Placodermi Phylum Chordata | |
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Similar Phyllolepida, Phyllolepis, Asterosteus, Neophlyctaenius, Diandongpetalichthys |
Austrophyllolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid arthrodire placoderm from Middle to Late Devonian freshwater strata of Australia. The type species, A. ritchiei is found in Givetian to early Frasnian-aged freshwater strata near what is now Mount Howitt. A second species, A. dulciensis, is found from Middle Devonian freshwater strata from the Dulcie Sandstone of Georgina Basin, Central Australia.
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