Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Homostiidae
Alternative spelling: Homosteus
Parent taxon: Homostiidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Carr and Hlavin 2010, Denison 1978, Jordan 1963 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Angarichthys, Antineosteus, Burrinjucosteus, Cavanosteus, Dhanguura, Euleptaspis, Goodradigbeeon, Lophostracon, Luetkeichthys, Tityosteus
Subtaxa: Homosteus milleri Homostius arcticus Homostius formosissimus Homostius kochi Homostius latus Homostius manitobensis Homostius sulcatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of Canada (1: Manitoba), Estonia (6), Greenland (1), Latvia (5), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 22 collections including 23 occurrences
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