Bryantolepis williamsi Elliott and Carr 2010 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Actinolepidae

Full reference: D. K. Elliott and R. K. Carr. 2010. A New Species of Bryantolepis Camp, Welles, and Green, 1949 (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Early Devonian Water Canyon Formation of Northern Utah and Southern Idaho. Kirtlandia 57:22-35

Belongs to Bryantolepis according to D. K. Elliott and R. K. Carr 2010

Sister taxa: Bryantolepis brachycephala, Bryantolepis cristata

Type specimen: KUVP 141304, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Green Canyon (Devonian of Utah)

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