†Heightingtonaspis White 1969 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Arthrodira - Actinolepidae
Parent taxon: Actinolepidae according to D. L. Dineley and S. J. Metcalfe 1999
See also Denison 1978
Sister taxa: Actinolepis, Aethaspis, Ailuracantha, Aleosteus, Anarthraspis, Baringaspis, Bollandaspis, Bryantolepis, Kujdanowiaspis, Lataspis, Lehmanosteus, Mediaspis, Proaethaspis, Sigaspis, Simblaspis, Stuertzaspis, Szelepis
Subtaxa: Heightingtonaspis anglica Heightingtonaspis clarkei Heightingtonaspis willsi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Besom Farm Quarry, Shropshire - 'upper Cornstone' (Devonian of the United Kingdom)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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