†Quasipetalichthys Liu 1973 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Macropetalichthyiformes - Quasipetalichthyidae
Full reference: Y. Liu. 1973. On the new forms of Polybranchiaspiformes and Petalichthyida from Devonian of Southwest China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 11:132-143
Parent taxon: Quasipetalichthyidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Pauropetalichthys
Subtaxa: Quasipetalichthys haikouensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at central Hunan (Devonian of China)
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