Acanthodii - Climatiiformes - Climatiidae
Parent taxon: Climatiidae according to V. Hairapetian et al. 2006
See also Denison 1979, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brachyacanthus, Cheiracanthoides, Climatius, Erriwacanthus, Fecundosquama, Iranolepis, Parexus, Sabrinacanthus, Sevyacanthus, Tareyacanthus, Vernicomacanthus, Watsonacanthus
Subtaxa: Nostolepis costata Nostolepis gaujensis Nostolepis gracilis Nostolepis halli Nostolepis robusta Nostolepis striata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), China (1), Colombia (1), Estonia (2), France (1), Iran (2), Latvia (2), New Zealand (1), Norway (3), the Russian Federation (9), Ukraine (2), United States (7: Nevada)
• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (4), Estonia (12), Greenland (1), Lithuania (1), Sweden (1)
Total: 52 collections including 65 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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