†family Dunkleosteidae Stensiö 1963 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dunkleosteidae

Parent taxon: Pachyosteomorphi according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Carr and Hlavin 2010

Sister taxa: Dunkleosteoidea, Kiangyousteus, Panxiosteidae, Rhachiosteidae

Subtaxa: Dunkleosteus Golshanichthys Heterostius Hussakofia Ichthyosauroides Xiangshuiosteus

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Type: Dunkleosteus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), China (1), Estonia (5), Greenland (1), Iran (1), Latvia (3), United States (6: California, Michigan, Ohio, ohio)

Total: 18 collections including 20 occurrences

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