Dicksonosteus Goujet 1975 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Phlyctaeniidae

Parent taxon: Phlyctaeniidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Hanke and Wilson 2004

Sister taxa: Aggeraspis, Arctaspis, Arctolepis, Barwickosteus, Cartieraspis, Diadsomaspis, Gaspeaspis, Grifftaylor, Heterogaspis, Huginaspis, Kolpaspis, Neophlyctaenius, Pageauaspis, Phlyctaenius, Prosphymaspis

Subtaxa: Dicksonosteus arcticus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gronhorgdalen (Dicksonland, Spitsbergen) (Devonian of Norway)

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