Asterolepis Eichwald 1840 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Parent taxon: Asterolepididae according to D. K. Elliott et al. 2000

See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Byssacanthus, Gerdalepis, Pterichthyodes, Pterichthys, Remigolepis, Stegolepis

Subtaxa: Asterolepis chadwicki Asterolepis concatenata Asterolepis dellei Asterolepis estonica Asterolepis maxima Asterolepis orcadensis Asterolepis ornata Asterolepis radiata Asterolepis saevesoederberghi Asterolepis scabra Asterolepis sinensis Asterolepis thule Asterolepis verrucosa

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)

• Mississippian of the United Kingdom (1)

• Devonian of Belarus (2), Canada (2: Nunavut), Colombia (1), Estonia (5), Latvia (6), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences

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