Biology:Bothriolepidoidei

Bothriolepidoidei Temporal range: Emsian to Famennian 407.6–358.9 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bothriolepis, a member of the family Bothriolepididae
Wufengshania, from the same family.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Clade:	†Euantiarcha
Suborder:	†Bothriolepidoidei Miles, 1968
Genera
Bothriolepis Dianolepis Grossilepis Hohsienolepis Houershanospis Jiangxilepis Microbrachius Monarolepis Tenizolepis Vietnamaspis Wudinolepis Wufengshania

Bothriolepidoidei is a suborder of antiarch placoderm fishes. The group is considered paraphyletic.

Taxonomy

The cladogram is taken from Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European Platform.

Bothriolepidoidei	Microbrachius     Wudinolepis           Dianolepis     Jiangxilepis     Kirgisolepis     Tenizolepis         Monarolepis       Bothriolepis     Grossilepis     Vietnamaspis

Genera

Bothriolepis

Bothriolepis is a well-known, widespread genus, known worldwide, except South America. It lived in freshwater, as well as marine environments. It was a benthic detritivore.

Dianolepis

Dianolepis is from the Middle Devonian of China.

Grossilepis

Grossilepis is the sister taxa to the better-known Bothriolepis.

Hohsienolepis

Houershanospis

Jiangxilepis

Microbrachius

Monarolepis

Monarolepis is from the Middle Devonian of Australia,

Tenizolepis

Vietnamaspis

Wudinolepis

Wufengshania

Wufengshania was a bothriolepidid that lived in Yunnan, China, during the Emsian.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q116620531 entry