Pterygolepis
| Pterygolepis | |
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| Reconstruction of the anaspid agnathan Pterygolepis nitida, of Late Silurian Europe | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Superclass: | †Anaspidomorphi |
| Class: | †Anaspida |
| Order: | †Birkeniiformes |
| Family: | †Pterygolepididae Obručhev 1964 corrig. |
| Genus: | †Pterygolepis Cossmann, 1920 |
| Species: | †P. nitidus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Pterygolepis nitidus (Kiær 1911)
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| Synonyms | |
Pterygolepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish belonging to the order Birkeniiformes.
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Fossil of Pterygolepis nitidus, an extinct fish. Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
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Pterygolepis nitidus from Lower Silurian of Norway