Phlebolepis Temporal range: Early Silurian |
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Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Thelodonti |
Order: | Thelodontiformes |
Family: | Phlebolepididae |
Genus: |
Phlebolepis Pander, 1856 |
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Phlebolepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus belonging to the family Phlebolepididae. Whole fossils are found in Early Silurian (Llandovery) aged strata from Saaremaa, Estonia. Phlebolepis elegans was average-sized for a thelodont, 10 cm long.