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Arctolepis Temporal range: Early Devonian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Gnathostomata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Family: | Phlyctaeniidae |
| Genus: | Arctolepis |
| Species: | A. brevis |
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Arctolepis brevis |
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Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm fish, which lived during the Early Devonian period (408 – 307 million years ago). Fossils of Arctolepis have been found in what is now Norway and Michigan.