Houershanaspis Lu et al. 2017 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae

Full reference: L. Lu, K. Tan, and X. Wang. 2017. A New Antiarchi (Placoderm Fishes) from Devonian Strata of Dushan, Guizhou Province. Acta Geoscientica Sinica 2:144-148

Parent taxon: Bothriolepididae according to L. Lu et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Bothriolepis, Briagalepis, Chahuaqingolepis, Grossilepis, Livnolepis, Monarolepis, Vietnamaspis, Wufengshania, Hillsaspis

Subtaxa: Houershanaspis zhangi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt Houershan (Devonian of China)

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