Phlyctaenius

Phlyctaenius
Temporal range: Early Devonian–Middle Devonian
Skull roof of P. acadius (specimen RSM GY 1897.51.129)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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]

  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. ^ a b 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