Venezuelepis antarctica Young and Moody 2002 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Euantiarcha

Synonym: Pambulaspis antarctica Young 1988 [replaced name]

Full reference: G. C. Young and J. M. Moody. 2002. A Middle-Late Devonian fish fauna from the Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela, South America. Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin. Geowissenschaftliche Reihe 5(1):155-206

Belongs to Venezuelepis according to G. C. Young and J. M. Moody 2002

See also Young 1988

Sister taxon: Venezuelepis mingui

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Antarctica (1 collection), Venezuela (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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