†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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
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