Phlebolepis
| Phlebolepis Temporal range: late Silurian | |
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| Phlebolepis elegans, thelodont from Late Silurian of Baltic states, Russia and England | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Phlebolepidiformes |
| Family: | †Phlebolepididae |
| Genus: | †Phlebolepis Pander, 1856 |
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Phlebolepis is an extinct thelodont agnathan genus belonging to the family Phlebolepididae. Whole fossils are found in Late Silurian (Ludlow epoch) aged strata from Saaremaa, Estonia. Phlebolepis elegans was average-sized for a thelodont, 7 cm long.