Extinct genus of jawless fishes
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| Reconstruction of the anaspid agnathan Pterygolepis nitida, of Late Silurian Europe
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†Pterygolepididae
Obručhev 1964 corrig.
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†Pterygolepis
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| Species
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- †Pterygolepis nitidus (Kiær 1911)
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| Synonyms
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- †Pterolepis Kiaer, 1911 non Rambur 1838
- †Pterolepidops Fowler 1947
- †Pterolepis nitida Kiær 1911
- †Pterolepidops nitida (Kiær1911) Fowler 1947
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Pterygolepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish belonging to the order Birkeniiformes.
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Fossil of Pterygolepis nitidus, an extinct fish. Took the picture at Museum of Paleontology, Tübingen
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Pterygolepis nitidus from Lower Silurian of Norway
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