†family Dinichthyidae Newberry 1888 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dinichthyidae

Alternative spelling: Dinichthyinae

Parent taxon: Aspinothoracidi according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Carr and Hlavin 2010, Denison 1975, Denison 1978, Denison 1984, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Obruchev 1964 and Straka and Semken 1969

Sister taxa: Brachydeiridae, Braunosteidae, Bulbocanthidae, Gorgonichthys, Hadrosteidae, Heintzichthys, Leiosteidae, Leptosteidae, Titanichthyidae

Subtaxa: Brachygnathus Brontichthys Dinichthys Eastmanosteus Holdenius Perissognathus Stenognathus Westralichthys

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (3 collections), Canada (1: Manitoba), Iran (1), Poland (2), United States (6: Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin, ohio)

Total: 13 collections including 16 occurrences

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