Gorgonichthys Claypole 1892 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira

Parent taxon: Aspinothoracidi according to R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin 2010

See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dinichthyidae, Hadrosteus, Heintzichthys

Subtaxa: Gorgonichthys clarki

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Gorgonichthys in the database

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