Arctolepis Eastman 1908 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Arctolepididae

Full reference: C. R. Eastman. 1908. Devonian fishes of Iowa. Iowa Geological Survey Annual Report 18(6626):29-292

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

See also Denison 1978

Sister taxon: Plataspis

Subtaxa: Arctolepis brevis Arctolepis decipiens Arctolepis lata Arctolepis lewini Arctolepis longicornis Arctolepis solnoerdali

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt Kronprinz (KronprinzhØgda) west slope (Devonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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