Asterosteus Newberry 1875 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Rhenanida - Asterosteidae

Parent taxon: Asterosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gemuendina, Jagorina, Ohioaspis

Subtaxa: Asterosteus stenocephalus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Asterosteus in the database

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