Asperaspis Malinovskaya 1973 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Euantiarcha

Full reference: S. Malinovskaya. 1973. New Middle Devonian Genus Stegolepis (Antiarchi, Placodermi) from Central Kazakhstan. Palaeontological Journal 2:71-82

Parent taxon: Asterolepidoidei according to D. Plax and E. Luksevics 2023

See also van der Laan 2019

Sister taxa: Colombialepis, Hunanolepis, Merimbulaspis, Nawagiaspis, Pterichthyodidae, Venezuelepis

Subtaxa: Asperaspis carinata

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Left bank of the Sary-Kingir River. Lower part of middle subformation (Devonian of Kazakhstan)

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