Placodermi - Asterolepidiformes - Asterolepididae
Full reference: J. P. Downs, E. B. Daeschler, N. Lo, E. N. Carey, and N. H. Shubin. 2019. Asterolepis alticristata n. sp. (Antiarchi) from the Upper Devonian (Frasnian) of Nunavut, Canada, and a report on the antiarch diversity of the Fram Formation. Geodiversitas 41(1):679
Belongs to Asterolepis according to J. P. Downs et al. 2019
Sister taxa: Asterolepis chadwicki, Asterolepis concatenata, Asterolepis cristata, Asterolepis dellei, Asterolepis essica, Asterolepis estonica, Asterolepis maxima, Asterolepis orcadensis, Asterolepis ornata, Asterolepis radiata, Asterolepis saevesoederberghi, Asterolepis scabra, Asterolepis sinensis, Asterolepis syasiensis, Asterolepis thule, Asterolepis verrucosa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at NV2K17 (Devonian of Nunavut)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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