Pterichthyodes Bleeker 1859 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Antiarchiformes - Asterolepididae

Parent taxon: Asterolepidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Brazeau 2009 and Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Asterolepis, Byssacanthus, Gerdalepis, Pterichthys, Remigolepis, Stegolepis

Subtaxa: Pterichthyodes milleri Pterichthyodes productus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pterichthyodes in the database

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