Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi is a lightly armored pseudopetalichthyid placoderm from the Hunsrückschiefer Lagerstätte of Early Devonian Germany. The type and only known specimen is an articulated, but very incomplete individual consisting of a large, incomplete, plate-covered head, and some of the vertebral column, with a total length of 10 centimeters. The specimen strongly resembles Pseudopetalichthys to the point that many experts suggest they may be of the same genus or species,[1] though because the only specimens of both genera are so poorly preserved, talk of synonymizing the two can not begin (let alone continue) until more, better preserved specimens are found.[1]
| Paraplesiobatis Temporal range: Emsian
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| Order: | Denison 1975
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| Family: | Paraplesiobatidae Berg 1940
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| Genus: | Paraplesiobatis
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| Species: | P. heinrichsi
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| Paraplesiobatis heinrichsi Broili, 1933
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References edit
- ^ a b Denison, Robert (1978). Placodermi Volume 2 of Handbook of Paleoichthyology'. Stuttgart New York: Gustav Fischer Verlag. pp. 22–23. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.
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