†Asperaspis Malinovskaya 1973 (armour-plated fish)
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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
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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