Eczematolepis

Eczematolepis
Temporal range: Middle Devonian,
Fin spine UWM-GM 1827 of Eczematolepis .sp from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Ptyctodontida
Family: Ptyctodontidae
Genus: Eczematolepis
Miller, 1892
Type species
Eczematolepis fragilis
Newberry, 1857
Other species
  • E. pustulosus Newberry, 1875
  • E. telleri Eastman, 1898
Synonyms
  • Acantholepis Newberry, 1875 (preoccupied)
  • Phlyctsenacanthus telleri Eastman, 1898

Eczematolepis is an extinct genus of ptyctodontidan from the Milwaukee Formation of Wisconsin. Three species are known: E. fragilis, E. pustulosus and E. telleri. It was originally classified as the genus Acantholepis but that name was preoccupied.