Placolepis

Placolepis
Temporal range: Devonian,
Restoration of P. budawangensis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Phyllolepididae
Genus: Placolepis
Ritchie, 1984
Type species
Placolepis tingeyi
Ritchie, 1984
Species
  • P. budawangensis
  • P. tingeyi

Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales. Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.