†family Quasipetalichthyidae Liu 1991 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Macropetalichthyiformes - Quasipetalichthyidae

Full reference: Y.-H. Liu. 1991. On a new petalichthyid, Eurycaraspis incilis gen. et sp. nov., from the middle Devonian of Zhanyi, Yunnan. Early Vertebrates and related Problems of Evolutionary Biology 139-177

Parent taxon: Macropetalichthyiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Liu 1991 and Pan et al. 2015

Sister taxon: Macropetalichthyidae

Subtaxa: Pauropetalichthys Quasipetalichthys

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Type: Quasipetalichthys

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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