Bothriolepididae is a family of antiarch placoderms, known from the Emsian, to Famennian.[1]

Bothriolepididae
Temporal range: Emsian to Famennian 407.6–358.9 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Antiarchi
Suborder: Bothriolepidoidei
Family: Bothriolepididae
Cope, 1886
Genera

Taxonomy edit

The cladogram is from "Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European Platform".

Bothriolepidoidei

References edit

  1. ^ Pan, Zhaohui; Zhu, Min; Zhu, You'An; Jia, Liantao (2018). "A new antiarch placoderm from the Emsian (Early Devonian) of Wuding, Yunnan, China". Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology. 42: 10–21. doi:10.1080/03115518.2017.1338357. S2CID 134431456.