Lyhoalepis

Lyhoalepis
Temporal range: Emsian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Phlyctaeniidae
Genus: Lyhoalepis
Species: L. duckhoai
Binomial name
Lyhoalepis duckhoai
Janvier, Tông-Dzuy & Doàn Nhât 1994

Lyhoalepis duckhoai is an arthrodire placoderm fish, which lived during the Early Devonian period in what is now Central Vietnam. Its fossils are found in the Emsian-aged Ly Hoa Formation.[1][2]

References

  1. Janvier, P., Tông-Dzuy, T., Doàn Nhât, T., 1994. Devonian fishes from Viet Nam: new data form CentralViet Nam and their palaeobiogeographical significance. Proceedings of the International Symposium on Stratigraphic Correlation of Southeast Asia, Bangkok, pp. 69–74.
  2. Janvier, P., Tông-Dzuy, T., Phuong, T.H., Doàn Nhât, T., 1997. The Devonian vertebrates (Placodermi, Sarcopterygii) from Central Vietnam and their bearing on the Devonian palaeogeography of Southeast Asia. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 15, 393–406.
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