Pycnosteus Preobrajenski 1911 (jawless fish)

Pteraspidomorpha - Pteraspidiformes - Psammosteidae

Parent taxon: Psammosteidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Drepanaspis, Dyptychosteus, Ganosteus, Oredezhosteus, Placosteus, Psammosteinae, Psammosteus, Vladimirolepis

Subtaxa: Pycnosteus obruchevi Pycnosteus palaeformis Pycnosteus pauli Pycnosteus tuberculatus

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Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belarus (5 collections), Estonia (5), Latvia (2), the Russian Federation (1)

Total: 13 collections including 15 occurrences

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