Walterilepis Moloshnikov 2001 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Antiarcha

Synonym: Taeniolepis Gross 1932 [replaced name]

Full reference: S. Moloshnikov. 2001. A new replacement name for the antiarch Taeniolepis Gross, 1932 (Pisces, Placodermi). Zoosystematica Rossica 10:214

Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to S. Moloshnikov 2001

See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Grossaspis, Jiangxilepis, Lepadolepis, Liujiangolepis, Macrodontophion, Microbrachius, Phymolepis, Pterichthyodid, Silurolepidae, Xichonolepis, Yunnanolepiformes, Zhanjilepis, Hyrcanaspis, Jiangxilepididae, Minicrania, Yunnanolepidoidei, Bothriolepoidei

Subtaxa: Walterilepis speciosa

view classification

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belarus (1 collection)

• Devonian of Belarus (1), Latvia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.