Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Acmoniodus, Bulbocanthus, Ctenurella, Desmoporella, Eczematolepis, Goniosteus, Palaeomylus, Ptyctodopsis, Ptyctodus, Ramphodus, Rhynchodus, Rinodus

Subtaxa: Chelyophorus griffithii Chelyophorus pskovensis Chelyophorus verneuili

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cultra, Holywood near Belfast (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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