Pauropetalichthys

Pauropetalichthys Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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

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

References

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.