†family Palaeacanthaspidae Stensio 1944 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Acanthothoraci - Palaeacanthaspidae

Full reference: E. Stensio. 1944. Contributions to the knowledge of the vertebrate fauna of the Silurian and Devonian of Western Podolia. II. Notes on two Arthrodires from the Downtonian of Podolia. Arkiv for Zoologi 35A:1-83

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

See also Denison 1975 and Denison 1978

Sister taxa: Breizosteus, Hagiangellidae, Kolymaspididae, Murrindalaspis, Radotinidae, Weejasperaspidae

Subtaxa: Arabosteus Dobrowlania Kimaspis Kolymaspis Kosoraspis Palaeacanthaspis Radotina Romundina Sudaspis Tlamaspis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), Czechia (2), Japan (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Uzbekistan (1)

Total: 9 collections including 13 occurrences

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