Asterolepis scabra Woodward 1891 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Asterolepididae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. I.— The Devonian fish-fauna of Spitzbergen. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(43):1-15

Belongs to Asterolepis according to Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Asterolepis alticristata, Asterolepis chadwicki, Asterolepis concatenata, Asterolepis cristata, Asterolepis dellei, Asterolepis essica, Asterolepis estonica, Asterolepis maxima, Asterolepis orcadensis, Asterolepis ornata, Asterolepis radiata, Asterolepis saevesoederberghi, Asterolepis sinensis, Asterolepis syasiensis, Asterolepis thule, Asterolepis verrucosa

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Estheriahaugen North, Mimerdalen (Devonian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen)

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