Gerdalepis rhenana Hoffman 1916 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Euantiarcha - Pterichthyodidae

Synonym: Pterichthys rhenanus Beyrich 1855 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. Hoffman. 1916. Gerdalepis. Centralblatt für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 420-426

Belongs to Gerdalepis according to Beyrich 1877

See also Hoffman 1916 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Gerdalepis dohmi, Gerdalepis jesseni

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gerdalepis type-locality (nominal) (Devonian of Germany)

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