†family Jiangxilepididae Zhang and Liu 1991 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Jiangxilepididae

Full reference: G. Zhang and Y. Liu. 1991. A new antiarch from the Upper Devonian of Jiangxi, China. Early Vertebrates and Related Problems of Evolutionary Biology 195-212

Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to G. Zhang and Y. Liu 1991

Sister taxa: Asterolepidiformes, Bothriolepidiformes, Liujiangolepidae, Macrodontophion, Macropetalichthyiformes, Minicranidae, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Ptyctodontiformes, Silurolepidae, Sinolepiformes, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepidiformes, Zhanjilepis, Walterilepis, Hyrcanaspis, Bothriolepoidei, Yunnanolepidoidei

Subtaxa: Ningxialepis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Quarry at Shixiagou (Devonian of China)

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