Wurungulepis Young 1990 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Euantiarcha - Pterichthyodidae

Full reference: G. Young. 1990. New antiarchs (Devonian placoderm fishes) from Queensland, with comments on placoderm phylogeny and biogeography. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28:35-50

Parent taxon: Pterichthyodidae according to G. Young 1990

Sister taxa: Byssacanthus, Cornaspis, Gerdalepis, Grossaspis, Pterichthyodes, Pterichthys, Sherbonaspis

Subtaxa: Wurungulepis denisoni

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at 4.5 km upstream from Six Mile Yard (Wurungaspis type-loc) (Devonian of Australia)

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