Phlyctaeniidae

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Phlyctaeniidae Fossil range: Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Class: Placodermi Order: Arthrodira Family: Phlyctaeniidae
Genera
Aggeraspis Arctaspis Arctolepis Cartieraspis Diadsomaspis Dicksonosteus Elegantaspis Gaspeaspis Heintzosteus Heterogaspis Huginaspis Kolpaspis Kueichowlepis Neophlyctaenius Pageauaspis Phlyctaenius Prosphymaspis

Phlyctaeniidae is an extinct family of placoderm fishes that lived during the Devonian period, mainly in Norway.

[edit] Phylogeny

ORDER ARTHRODIRA

• Infraorder Actinolepina
  • Family Actinolepidae
• Suborder Phlyctaenioidei
  • Family Holonematidae
  • Infraorder Phlyctaeniina
    • Family Groenlandaspididae
    • Family Phlyctaeniidae