Family

Asterolepididae Traquair, 1888

Selection of related publications

Upeniece, I. 2001. The unique fossil assemblage from the Lode Quarry (Upper Devonian, Latvia). Mitteilungen aus dem Museum für Naturkunde der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin 4, 101-119. DOI:10.5194/fr-4-101-2001

Mark-Kurik, E. 2000. The Middle Devonian fishes of the Baltic States (Estonia, Latvia) and Belarus. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 223, 309-324.

Lyarskaya, L. 1981. Pancirnye ryby devona Pribaltiki. Asterolepididae. pp. 1-152. Zinatne.

Vorobyeva, E. I., Lyarskaya, L. A. 1968. Ostatki kisteperyh i dvoâkodyšaŝih iz amatskih sloev Latvii i ih zahoronenie. Essays on phylogeny and systematics of fossil fishes and agnathans, pp. 71-86. Nauka.

Obruchev, D. V., Mark-Kurik, E. J. (eds) 1965. Devonian psammosteids (Agnatha, Psammosteidae) of the USSR. pp. 1-304. Eesti NSV TA Geoloogia Instituut.

Karatajūtė-Talimaa, V. N. 1963. Genus Asterolepis from the Devonian deposits of Russian platform. The data of the geology of the Lithuania, pp. 65-168. The Academy of Sciences of the Lithuanian SSR.

Karatajūtė-Talimaa, V. N. 1960. Byssacanthus dilatatus (Eichw.) from the Middle Devonian of the U.S.S.R.. Collected papers for the XXI session of the International Geological Congress, pp. 293-305. Pargale.

Gross, W. 1940. Acanthodier und Placodermen aus den Heterostius-Schichten Estlands und Lettlands. Tartu Ülikooli juures oleva Loodusuurijate Seltsi Aruanded 46, 12-99.

Gross, W. 1933. Die Fische des baltischen Devons. Palaeontographica 79, 1-2, 1-74. E. Schweizerbart.

Woodward, A. S. 1895. On the Devonian Ichthyodorulite, Byssacanthus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 15, 86, 142-144. DOI:10.1080/00222939508677860

List of species

1. Asterolepis dellei Gross, 1940 | Burtnieki Stage

2. Asterolepis essica Lyarskaya, 1981 | Burtnieki Stage

3. Asterolepis estonica Gross, 1940 | Narva Stage→Aruküla Stage

4. Asterolepis ornata Eichwald, 1840 | Gauja Stage

5. Asterolepis radiata Rohon, 1900 | Amata Stage→Plavinas Stage

6. Asterolepis syasiensis Lyarskaya, 1981 | Dubniki Stage

7. Byssacanthus dilatatus (Eichwald, 1844) | Pärnu Stage→Aruküla Stage

Classification

Organism group	Biota
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Subphylum	Vertebrata
Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
Class	Placodermi
Order	Antiarchi
Suborder	Asterolepidoidei
Family	Asterolepididae
Genus	Asterolepis
	Byssacanthus
	Pterichthyodes
Subspecies	Remigolepis
Family	Pterichthyodidae