†Gerdalepis rhenana Hoffman 1916 (armour-plated fish)
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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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