Placolepis

{{Short description|Extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm}}

{{Automatic_taxobox

| fossil_range = Devonian, {{fossilrange|Frasnian|Famennian}}

| image = Placolepis budawangensis.jpg

| image_caption = Restoration of P. budawangensis

| taxon = Placolepis

| authority = Ritchie, 1984

| type_species = Placolepis tingeyi

| type_species_authority = Ritchie, 1984A new placoderm, Placolepis gen. nov. (Phyllolepidae), from the Late Devonian of New South Wales, Australia

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• {{extinct}}P. budawangensis
• {{extinct}}P. tingeyi

}}

Placolepis is an extinct genus of phyllolepid placoderm first discovered in New South Wales. Placolepis was the most widespread phyllolepid genus, with fossils found in Australia, Turkey, Venezuela and Antarctica.{{Cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Placolepis-tingeyi-sp-nov-a-holotype-a-nearly-complete-Nu-plate-WAM-0066-b-left_fig1_213776635|title = Fig. 7. Placolepis tingeyi sp. nov. A. Holotype, a nearly complete Nu}}