Phlyctaenius
| Phlyctaenius Temporal range: | |
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| Skull roof of P. acadius (specimen RSM GY 1897.51.129) | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Phlyctaeniidae |
| Genus: | †Phlyctaenius Traquair, 1890 |
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Phlyctaenius is an extinct genus of placoderm fish, which lived during the Devonian period of New Brunswick, Canada. It was named by Traquair (1890) as a replacement for Phlyctaenium Zittel (1879), which was preoccupied.
One species, P. anglicus, was known from remains found in England and Wales and was initially described by Traquair (1890). It was moved to Heightingtonaspis when the genus was described by White (1969).