Zhanjilepis
Extinct genus of fishes
| Zhanjilepis Temporal range: Late Pridoli–Lochkovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Zhanjilepis aspartilis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Antiarchi |
| Family: | †Yunnanolepididae |
| Genus: | †Zhanjilepis |
| Type species | |
| Zhanjilepis aspartilis Junqing, 1991 | |
Zhanjilepis aspartilis is an extinct yunnanolepid placoderm from Pridoli and Lochkovian rocks of Hunan, China. Zhanjilepis is known only from distinctively ordered plates.
Description
Plates
Zhanjilepis plates are very similar to the Late Llandovery yunnanolepid Shimenolepis, also known from distinctively ornamented plates.[1]
References
- ^ Wang Junqing (1991). "The Antiarchi from Early Silurian Hunan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 21 (3): 240–244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-12.
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