Kirgisolepis Panteleyev 1992 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Dianolepididae

Full reference: N. Panteleyev. 1992. New remigolepids and high armoured antiarchs of Kirghizia. Fossil Fishes as Living Animals 185-191

Parent taxon: Dianolepididae according to N. Panteleyev 1992

Sister taxa: Dianolepis, Jiangxilepis, Tenizolepidinae, Wudinolepis

Subtaxa: Kirgisolepis karabaltaensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mouth of the Uzunbulak Stream, Kara-Balta Basin (Devonian of Kyrgyzstan)

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