Placolepis
| Placolepis Temporal range: Devonian,
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| Restoration of P. budawangensis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Phyllolepididae |
| Genus: | †Placolepis Ritchie, 1984 |
| Type species | |
| Placolepis tingeyi Ritchie, 1984
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Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales. Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.