†family Minicranidae Jia 2008 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Minicranidae

Parent taxon: Antiarchi according to R. van der Laan 2019

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

Subtaxa: Minicrania

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Type: Minicrania

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of China (2 collections), Vietnam (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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