Phlyctaeniidae

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Phlyctaeniidae is an extinct family of placoderm arthrodire fishes that lived during the Devonian period, mainly in Norway and North America.

Phlyctaeniidae
Temporal range: Devonian
Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Clade: Phlyctaenioidei
Family: Phlyctaeniidae
Genera

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Classification

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Order Arthrodira Woodward, 1891

Phylogeny

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Phlyctaeniidae's placement within Arthrodira can be shown in the cladogram below:[1]

Eurycaraspis incilis

Lunaspis broilii

Arthrodira

Yujiangolepis liujingensis

Antarctaspis mcmurdoensis

Wuttagoonaspidae
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina

References

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  1. ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.