Driscollaspis Rucklin et al. 2015 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Full reference: M. Rucklin, J. Long, and K. Trinajstic. 2015. A New Selenosteid Arthrodire (‘Placodermi’) from the Late Devonian of Morocco. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 35:e908896

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rucklin et al. 2015

Sister taxa: Alienacanthus, Amazichthys, Draconichthys, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Driscollaspis pankowskiorum

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Nominal Driscollaspis type locality (Devonian of Morocco)

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