†family Gavinaspididae 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: Phyllolepida according to V. Dupret and M. Zhu 2008
Sister taxa: Antarctaspina, Phyllolepina
Subtaxa: Gavinaspis
Type: Gavinaspis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Qujing. Cuifengshan Assemblage (Devonian of China)