Lurapullaspis Young and Goujet 2003 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira

Full reference: G. C. Young and D. Goujet. 2003. Devonian fish remains from the Dulcie Sandstone and Cravens Peak Beds, Georgina Basin, central Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 65:1-85

Parent taxon: Arthrodira according to R.D.C. Bicknell et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Acanthaspida, Actinolepina, Africanaspis, Antarctolepis, Arctolepidae, Arctonema, Arenipiscis, Aspidichthys, Atlantidosteus, Brachydeirina, Brachythoraci, Bruntonichthys, Bullerichthys, Bungartiidae, Burrinijucosteus, Callognathus, Camuropiscidae, Coccosteina, Copanognathus, Cosmacanthus, Cravenaspis, Diplognathus, Erikaspis, Errolosteus, Eskimaspis, Euarthrodira, Eubrachythoraci, Glyptaspis, Goodradigbeeon, Grazosteus, Groenlandaspididae, Harrytoombsia, Heintzosteus, Heterostiina, Hollardosteus, Holonematina, Incisoscutoidea, Kendrickichthys, Kimberleyichthys, Kueichowlepis, Latocamurus, Laurentaspis, Machaerognathus, Mcnamaraspis, Murmur, Mylostomatidae, Operchallosteus, Overtonaspis, Pachyosteidae, Pachyosteina, Parawilliamsaspis, Phlyctaenina, Phylctaeniida, Platyaspis, Prescottaspis, Qataraspis, Rhachiosteidae, Rolfosteus, Selenosteidae, Squamatognathus, Stegophthalami, Taemasosteus, Taunaspis, Temnothoraci, Timanosteus, Titanichthyidae, Toombalepis, Toombsosteus, Torosteus, Trachosteus, Tubonasus, Wheathillaspis, Wuttagoonaspina, Yinosteus, Phlyctaenioidei, Actinolepidoidei, Phyllolepidoidei, Brachythoracoidei

Subtaxa: Lurapullaspis johannseni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Larapulla Waterhole (Devonian of Australia)

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