Sherbonaspis Young and Gorter 1981 (armour-plated fish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Belarus (1), Kazakhstan (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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