Tropidosteus Gross 1933 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Holonematidae

Parent taxon: Holonematidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Belemnacanthus, Deirosteus, Deveonema, Gyroplacosteus, Holonema, Megaloplax, Rhenonema, Tiaraspis

Subtaxa: Tropidosteus curvatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tropidosteus in the database

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