Placodermi - Acanthothoraci - Palaeacanthaspidae

Full reference: S. Olive, I. Kotoulas, D. Goujet, P. C. J. Donoghue, F. Marone and M. Rücklin. 2025. A new ‘acanthothoracid’ placoderm from the Arctic Canada (Early Devonian) and its bearing on the evolution of jaws and teeth. Royal Society Open Science 12(9):250837

Belongs to Romundina according to S. Olive et al. 2025

Sister taxon: Romundina stellina

Type specimen: MNHN.F.CPW9a and b. Its type locality is Western Prince of Wales Island, Section 10, Unit 2, GSC loc. C26919, which is in a Lochkovian open shallow subtidal lime mudstone/wackestone in the Drake Bay Formation of Canada.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Western Prince of Wales Island, Section 10, Unit 2, GSC loc. C26919

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