Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dinichthyidae
Full reference: J. Newberry. 1868. On some remarkable fossil fishes discovered by Rev. H. Herzer in the black shale (Devonian) at Delaware, Ohio. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,17th Meeting held at Burlington, Vermont, August, 1867 146-147
Belongs to Dinichthys according to R. Denison 1978
See also Hay 1902, Obruchev 1964 and Obruchev 1964
Sister taxa: Dinichthys canadensis, Dinichthys curtus, Dinichthys denisoni, Dinichthys gouldii, Dinichthys gracilis, Dinichthys halmodeus, Dinichthys intermedius, Dinichthys jeffersonensis, Dinichthys lincolni, Dinichthys minor, Dinichthys newberryi, Dinichthys praemaxillaris, Dinichthys precursor, Dinichthys prentisclarki, Dinichthys ringuebergi, Dinichthys terrelli, Dinichthys tuberculatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: Ohio collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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