Walterilepis Moloshnikov 2001 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi

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

Subtaxa: Walterilepis speciosa

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of Belarus (1 collection)

• Devonian of Belarus (1), Latvia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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