Placodermi - Arthrodira - Actinolepidae
Parent taxon: Actinolepina according to R. H. Denison 1984
See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978 and Dineley and Metcalfe 1999
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Actinolepis Aethaspis Ailuracantha Aleosteus Anarthraspis Baringaspis Bollandaspis Bryantolepis Heightingtonaspis Kujdanowiaspis Lataspis Lehmanosteus Mediaspis Proaethaspis Sigaspis Simblaspis Stuertzaspis Szelepis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (4 collections), Belgium (1), Canada (3: Nunavut), China (2), Estonia (6), Germany (2), Latvia (7), New Zealand (1), Norway (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), Ukraine (16), the United Kingdom (1), United States (7: Maine, Nevada, Ohio, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 52 collections including 64 occurrences