†family Panxiosteidae Wang 1979 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Panxiosteidae

Synonym: Plourdosteidae Vézina 1990

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

See also Carr and Hlavin 2010 and Trinajstic and Dennis-Bryan 2009

Sister taxa: Dunkleosteidae, Dunkleosteoidea, Kiangyousteus, Rhachiosteidae

Subtaxa: Compagopiscis Gogopiscis Janiosteus Panxiosteus Plourdosteus Protitanichthys

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Type: Panxiosteus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Givetian of Belarus (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (3), Belarus (1), Canada (1: Quebec), China (1), Estonia (2), Latvia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (1), United States (3: Michigan, Ohio)

Total: 19 collections including 28 occurrences

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