Jiangxilepis Zhang and Liu 1991 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Dianolepididae

Alternative spelling: Jiangxilepus

Full reference: G. Zhang and Y. Liu. 1991. A new antiarch from the Upper Devonian of Jiangxi, China. Early Vertebrates and Related Problems of Evolutionary Biology 195-212

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dianolepis, Kirgisolepis, Tenizolepidinae, Wudinolepis

Subtaxa: Jiangxilepis longibrachius Jiangxilepis sinensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Northern Jiangsu Locality (Devonian of China)

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