†Chelyophorus griffithii M'Coy 1848 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Ptyctodontiformes - Ptyctodontidae
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1848. On some new Fossil Fish of the Carboniferous Period. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 2:1-10
Belongs to Chelyophorus according to F. M'Coy 1848
Sister taxa: Chelyophorus pskovensis, Chelyophorus verneuili
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cultra, Holywood near Belfast, which is in a Pennsylvanian marine shale in the United Kingdom
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Cultra, Holywood near Belfast
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