Monarolepis Young 1988 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae

Full reference: G. Young. 1988. Antiarchs (placoderm fishes) from the Devonian Aztec Siltstone, Southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Palaeontographica A 202:1-125

Parent taxon: Bothriolepididae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Bicknell et al. 2023

Sister taxa: Bothriolepis, Briagalepis, Chahuaqingolepis, Grossilepis, Houershanaspis, Livnolepis, Vietnamaspis, Wufengshania, Hillsaspis

Subtaxa: Monarolepis verrucosa

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Taemas-Wee Jasper (Devonian of Australia)

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