†Asterolepis syasiensis Lyarskaya 1981 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae
Full reference: L. A. Lyarskaya. 1981. Baltic Devonian Placodermi. Asterolepididae.
Belongs to Asterolepis according to L. A. Lyarskaya 1981
Sister taxa: Asterolepis alticristata, Asterolepis chadwicki, Asterolepis concatenata, Asterolepis cristata, Asterolepis dellei, Asterolepis essica, Asterolepis estonica, Asterolepis maxima, Asterolepis orcadensis, Asterolepis ornata, Asterolepis radiata, Asterolepis saevesoederberghi, Asterolepis scabra, Asterolepis sinensis, Asterolepis thule, Asterolepis verrucosa
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Mikhailovskii Mine, Zheleznogorsk (Devonian of Russian Federation)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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