†family Palaeacanthaspidae Stensiö 1944 (armour-plated fish)
Placodermi - Acanthothoraci - Palaeacanthaspidae
Parent taxon: Acanthothoraci according to R. H. Denison 1975
See also Denison 1978
Sister taxa: Breizosteus, Kolymaspidae, Murrindalaspis, Radotinidae, Weejasperaspis
Subtaxa: Dobrowlania Kimaspis Kolymaspis Kosoraspis Palaeacanthaspis Radotina Romundina
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Japan (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence