Phlyctaenius
Temporal range:
Skull roof of P. acadius (specimen RSM GY 1897.51.129)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Placodermi
Order:
Arthrodira
Family:
†Phlyctaeniidae
Genus:
†Phlyctaenius

Traquair, 1890
Species
  • †P. acadius Traquair, 1890
  • †P. australis Murray
  • †P. atholi Pageau, 1969
  • †P. stenosus Young, 1983
Synonyms
  • Phlyctaenium Zittel , 1879 (preoccupied)

Phlyctaenius is an extinct genus of placoderm fish, which lived during the Devonian period of New Brunswick, Canada.[1] It was named by Traquair (1890)[2][3] as a replacement for Phlyctaenium Zittel (1879), which was preoccupied.[4]

One species, P. anglicus, was known from remains found in England and Wales and was initially described by Traquair (1890).[3] It was moved to Heightingtonaspis when the genus was described by White (1969).[5]

References

  1. ↑ Young, V. T. (1985). "Taxonomy of the arthrodire Phlyctaenius from the Lower or Middle Devonian of Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada". Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Geology Series. 37: 1–35.
  2. ↑ Traquair, R. H. (1890). "Note on Phlyctænius, a New Genus of Coccosteidæ". Geological Magazine. 7 (3): 144–144. doi:10.1017/s0016756800190053. ISSN 0016-7568.
  3. 1 2 Traquair, R. H. (1890a). Notes on the Devonian fishes of Seumenac Bay and Campbelltown in Canada. Geol. Mag., London. 7: 15-22.
  4. ↑ Zittel, K. von. (1879)
  5. ↑ White, E.I. (1969). The deepest vertebrate fossil and other arctolepid fishes. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 1(3): 293-310


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