''Apedolepis'' (meaning "flat scale", from

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ἄπεδοςi, ''apedos'', meaning 'even', 'flat', or 'level' and λεπίς, meaning 'scale') was an extinct

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of early jawless fish known from the

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Stokes Formation of central

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. All existing material was collected in the Areyonga Creek section of the eastern Gardiner Range. ''Apedolepis'' is known solely from scales, with the type specimen (CPC 33630) consisting of a single scale.

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