Hyrcanaspis Janvier and Jiang 1982 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi

Full reference: P. Janvier and P. Jiang. 1982. Hyrcanaspis bliecki n.g.n.sp., a new primitive euantiarch (Antiarcha, Placodermi) from the Middle Devonian of northeastern Iran, with a discussion on antiarch phylogeny. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 164(3):364-392

Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to P. Janvier and P. Jiang 1982

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

Subtaxa: Hyrcanaspis bliecki

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Khush Yeilagh fish fauna (Devonian of Iran)

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