Homostius Asmuss 1840 (armour-plated fish)

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

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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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