Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus Carr and Hlavin 2010 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dunkleosteidae

Full reference: R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin. 2010. Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and a cladistic analysis of the Eubrachythoraci (Placodermi, Arthrodira). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 159(1):195-222

Belongs to Dunkleosteus according to R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin 2010

Sister taxa: Dunkleosteus belgicus, Dunkleosteus denisoni, Dunkleosteus magnificus, Dunkleosteus marsaisi, Dunkleosteus missouriensis, Dunkleosteus newberryi, Dunkleosteus raveri, Dunkleosteus terrelli

Type specimen: UM 101105, a skull

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus in the database

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