Romundina Orvig 1975 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Acanthothoraci - Palaeacanthaspidae

Full reference: T. Orvig. 1975. Description, with special reference to the dermal skeleton, of a new Radotinid arthrodire from the Gedinnian of Arctic Canada. Extrait des Colloques internationaux du Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique—Problèmes actuels de Paléontologie—Evolution des Vertébrés 218:41-71

Parent taxon: Palaeacanthaspidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arabosteus, Dobrowlania, Kimaspis, Kolymaspis, Kosoraspis, Palaeacanthaspis, Radotina, Sudaspis, Tlamaspis

Subtaxa: Romundina gagnieri Romundina stellina

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Japan (1)

Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences

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