Microbrachiidae

Microbrachiidae Temporal range: Emsian to Upper Givetian
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Suborder:	†Bothriolepidoidei
Family:	†Microbrachiidae
Type species
Microbrachius dicki Traquair, 1888
Genera
Microbrachius Traquair, 1888 Wudinolepis Chang, 1965 Hohsienolepis Pan, 1978

Microbrachiidae is an extinct family of tiny, advanced antiarch placoderms closely related to the bothriolepidids.

Although most species are known from Late Emsian-aged strata of Early Devonian China, the type and youngest species, Microbrachius dicki, is known from upper Givetian freshwater strata of Scotland and Estonia.

When Microbrachius was regarded as an Antiarch incertae sedis, the other genera were thought to be very small bothriolepids.