Cowralepis

Extinct genus of fishes

Cowralepis
Temporal range: Late Devonian, Givetian
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Restoration of C. mclachlani
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Placodermi
Order:
Arthrodira (?sister or containing group)
(unranked):
Phyllolepida
Family:
Phyllolepididae
Genus:
Cowralepis

Ritchie, 2005
Type species
Cowrapelis mclachlani
Ritchie, 2005
Cowralepis mclachlani from the Devonian (Givetian) of Cowra, Australia

Cowralepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm of Givetian Cowra, New South Wales,[1] and several juveniles of various stages of growth have also been discovered.[2] Cowralepis grew to 35 centimeters.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Cowralepis, a new genus of phyllolepid fish (Pisces, Placodermi) from the Late Middle Devonian of New South Wales, Australia
  2. ^ Carr, R. K.; Johanson, Z.; Ritchie, A. (2009). "The phyllolepid placoderm Cowralepis mclachlani: Insights into the evolution of feeding mechanisms in jawed vertebrates". Journal of Morphology. 270 (7): 775–804. doi:10.1002/jmor.10719. PMID 19215000. S2CID 45258255.
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Taxon identifiers
Cowralepis


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