Gavinaspis Dupret and Zhu 2008 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phyllolepida - Gavinaspididae

Full reference: V. Dupret and M. Zhu. 2008. The earliest phyllolepid (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Late Lochkovian (Early Devonian) of Yunnan (South China). Geological Magazine 145(2):257-278

Parent taxon: Gavinaspididae according to V. Dupret and M. Zhu 2008

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Gavinaspis convergens

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Qujing. Cuifengshan Assemblage (Devonian of China)

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