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Pauropetalichthys

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Pauropetalichthys
Temporal range: Emsian
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Petalichthyida
Family: Quasipetalichthyidae
Genus: Pauropetalichthys
Species:
P. magnoculus
Binomial name
Pauropetalichthys magnoculus
Pan et. al., 2015

Pauropetalichthys is an extinct genus of quasipetalichthyid that lived during the Emsian stage of the Early Devonian epoch.

Distribution

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Pauropetalichthys magnoculus fossils are known from Yunnan, China.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Pan, Zhaohui; Zhu, Min; Zhu, You’an; Jia, Liantao (31 March 2015). "A new petalichthyid placoderm from the Early Devonian of Yunnan, China". Comptes Rendus Palevol. 14 (2): 125–137. doi:10.1016/j.crpv.2014.10.006. Retrieved 13 June 2025 – via Publications Scientifiques.