Asterolepis (fish)
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For the moth genus, see Asterolepis (moth).
Asterolepis is an extinct genus of antiarch placoderms from the Devonian of North and South America and Europe.[1] They were heavily armored flat-headed benthic detritivores with distinctive jointed limb-like pectoral fins[2] and hollow spine.[3] The armor plate gives the Asterolepis a box-like shape. Its pectoral fins are also armored but the caudal and dorsal fin are not. The first fossils were named by M. Eichwald in 1840 after noticing star-like markings on the fossils.
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Antiarchi |
Family: | †Asterolepididae |
Genus: | †Asterolepis Eichwald, 1840 |
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