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

Placodermi - Antiarcha - 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: Grossaspis, Jiangxilepis, Lepadolepis, Liujiangolepis, Macrodontophion, Microbrachius, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Silurolepidae, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepiformes, Zhanjilepis, Minicrania, Bothriolepidae, Walterilepis

Subtaxa: Ningxialepis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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