†Sherbonaspis Young and Gorter 1981 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Euantiarcha - Pterichthyodidae
Full reference: G. Young and J. Gorter. 1981. A new fish fauna of Middle Devonian age from the Taemas Wee Jasper region of New South Wales. Bulletin of Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, Australia 209:83-147
Parent taxon: Pterichthyodidae according to D. Plax and E. Luksevics 2023
Sister taxa: Byssacanthus, Cornaspis, Gerdalepis, Grossaspis, Pterichthyodes, Pterichthys, Wurungulepis
Subtaxa: Sherbonaspis andreannae Sherbonaspis hillsi Sherbonaspis talimaae
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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