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
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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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