Braunosteus Stensiƶ 1959 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amazichthys, Draconichthys, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Melanosteus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Braunosteus schmidti

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Braunosteus in the database

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