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

Klassificering

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