| Rhyncholepis Temporal range: Silurian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Anaspida |
| Order: | †Birkeniiformes |
| Family: | †Rhyncholepididae Kiær 1924 corrig. |
| Genus: | †Rhyncholepis Kiær 1911 non Miquel 1843 non Nuttall 1841 |
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| Rhyncholepis parvula Kiær 1911
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Rhyncholepis was an extinct genus of anaspid from the Late Silurian. Fossils of species R. butriangula and R. parvula have been found in Ringerike, Norway, and Oesel, Estonia.[1] The genus has two species, described in 1911 and 2002.
- ^ Ritchie, Alexander (1980). "The late Silurian anaspid genus Rhyncholepis from Oesel, Estonia, and Ringerike, Norway". The late Silurian anaspid genus Rhyncholepis from Oesel, Estonia, and Ringerike, Norway. Retrieved 2024-01-07.