Actinolepis (placoderm)

Actinolepis
Temporal range: Early Devonian,
Reconstruction of A. tuberculata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Actinolepidae
Genus: Actinolepis
Agassiz, 1845
Type species
Actinolepis tuberculata
Agassiz, 1845
Other species
  • A. magna Mark-Kurik, 1973 (vide Denison, 1978)
  • A. spinosa Mark-Kurik, 1985
  • A. zaikai Plax & Newman, 2020

Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia (Sevy Dolomite), the type species A. tuberculata from New Zealand (Adam Mudstone Formation) and A. zaikai from Belarus (Lepel Beds).