†family Ptyctodontidae Woodward 1891 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontida according to R. H. Denison 1985

See also Bryant 1932, Denison 1975, Denison 1978, Hay 1902 and Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Denisonodus, Rhamphodopsis, Tollodus

Subtaxa: Acmoniodus Bulbocanthus Chelyophorus Ctenurella Desmoporella Eczematolepis Goniosteus Materpiscis Palaeomylus Ptyctodopsis Ptyctodus Ramphodus Rhynchodus Rinodus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Devonian of Australia (1), Belarus (2), Germany (2), Iran (1), Latvia (2), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), United States (10: Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Wyoming)

Total: 23 collections including 27 occurrences

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