title: Arctolepis
text: # Arctolepis
  
  Arctolepis is an extinct genus of placoderm arthrodire fish which lived during the Early Devonian period (408 – 307 million years ago). Fossils of Arctolepis have been found in what is now Norway and Michigan.
  
  ## Classification
  
  Within Arthrodira, Arctolepis is considered a member of "Phylctaenii", a paraphyletic grouping within the clade Phlyctaenioidei, basal to the suborder Brachythoraci. Arctolepis is most closely related to Heintzosteus and Dicksonosteus.
  
  Arctolepis contains the following six species:
  
  * †Arctolepis brevis Heintz, 1929
  * †Arctolepis decipiens Woodward, 1891
  * †Arctolepis lata Heintz, 1929
  * †Arctolepis lewini Heintz, 1929
  * †Arctolepis longicornis Heintz, 1929
  * †Arctolepis solnoerdali Heintz, 1929
  