Zhanjilepis

Zhanjilepis; Temporal range: Late Pridoli–Lochkovian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Zhanjilepis aspartilis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Family:	†Yunnanolepididae
Genus:	†Zhanjilepis
Type species
	Zhanjilepis aspartilis; Junqing, 1991

Zhanjilepis aspartilis is an extinct yunnanolepid placoderm from Pridoli and Lochkovian rocks of Hunan, China. Zhanjilepis is known only from distinctively ordered plates.

Description

Zhanjilepis plates are very similar to the Late Llandovery yunnanolepid Shimenolepis, also known from distinctively ornamented plates.^[1]

^ Wang Junqing (1991). "The Antiarchi from Early Silurian Hunan" (PDF). Vertebrata PalAsiatica. 21 (3): 240–244. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-12.

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