Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Gronlandaspididae
Alternative spelling: Groenlandaspididae
Full reference: D. V. Obruchev. 1964. Branch Agnatha. In D. V. Obruchev (ed.), Fundamentals of Paleontology. Vol. XI. Agnatha, Pisces. Izdatel'stvo "Nauka", Moscow 36-167
Parent taxon: Phlyctaeniiformes according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Fitzpatrick et al. 2024, Long et al. 1997, Obruchev 1964 and Young and Long 2014
Sister taxa: Arctaspididae, Arctolepididae, Brachythoraci, Holonematidae, Phlyctaeniidae, Phlyctaenioidei
Subtaxa: Boomeraspis Gronlandaspis Mulgaspis Turrisaspis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Greenland (1 collection)
• Devonian of Antarctica (4), Australia (9), Belgium (5), Colombia (1), Ireland (1), South Africa (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 27 collections including 32 occurrences