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widely accepted to be
phylogenetically basal to the group. The
bodies of
Actinolepids are wide and flat,
suggesting that most
members of this
family were benthic...
- the
cladogram below: Dinely, D. L.; Yuhai, Liu (December 1984). "A new
actinolepid arthrodire from the
Lower Devonian of
Arctic Canada". Palaeontology....
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cladogram below: Johnson, H.G.; Elliot, David; Wittke,
James (2000). "A new
actinolepid arthrodire (class Placodermi) from the
lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite,...
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features with
acanthothoracids and
primitive arthrodires such as the
actinolepids. Quasipetalichthys, in turn,
strongly resembles Diandongpetalichthys...
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specimens that show
features in
common with
primitive arthrodires, such as
actinolepids and the phlyctaeniids, D.
liaojiaoshanensis is now
regarded as a basal...
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Actinolepis is an
extinct genus of
actinolepid placoderm from the
Early Devonian. Four
species are known: A.
magna from Estonia, A.
spinosa from Latvia...
-
cladogram below: Johnson, H.G.; Elliot, David; Wittke,
James (2000). "A new
actinolepid arthrodire (class Placodermi) from the
lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite,...
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yunnanensis Qujing.
Neurocranium & ****ociated
skull roof (IVPP V 5810a-b). An
actinolepid originally named Szeaspis.
Yunnanolepis Y.
porifera Qujing. A yunnanolepidid...
- Carlos; Botella, Héctor (2011-10-01). "First
Perigondwanan record of
actinolepids (Vertebrata: Placodermi: Arthrodira) from the
Lochkovian (Early Devonian)...
- to the
suborder Brachythoraci. ****sonosteus was once
considered an
actinolepid, but is now
grouped within the
family Phlyctaeniidae. ****sonosteus is...
