Turrisaspis strudensis Olive et al. 2016 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Gronlandaspididae

Full reference: S. Olive, G. Clement, E. Daeschler and V. Dupret. 2016. Placoderm Assemblage from the Tetrapod-Bearing Locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper Famennian) Provides Evidence for a Fish Nursery. PloS One 11:e0161540

Belongs to Turrisaspis according to S. Olive et al. 2016

Sister taxon: Turrisaspis elektor

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Strud, Namur Province (Devonian of Belgium)

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