Yujiangolepis Wang and Wang 1998 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Actinolepidiformes - Antarctaspididae

Full reference: S. Wang and J. Wang. 1998. Early Devonian fishes from central and southern Guangxi and correlation of the vertebrate biostratigraphy in south China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 36:58-69

Parent taxon: Antarctaspididae according to V. Dupret et al. 2009

Sister taxa: Antarctaspis, Potangaspis

Subtaxa: Yujiangolepis liujingensis

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Type: Yujiangolepis liujingensis

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Chalcidophyllum n. Ass., Liujing (Devonian of China)

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