Brachygnathus Agassiz 1843 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1843. Recherches Sur Les Poissons Fossiles. Tome I (18me livraison) xxxii-188

Parent taxon: Dinichthyidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Brontichthys, Dinichthys, Eastmanosteus, Holdenius, Hussakofia, Perissognathus, Stenognathus, Westralichthys

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brachygnathus in the database

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