Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Full reference: T. Ørvig. 1960. New Finds of Acanthodians, Arthrodires, Crossopterygians, Ganoids and Dipnoans in the Upper Middle Devonian Calcareous Flags (Oberer Plattenkalk) of the Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Trough (Part 1). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 34(3):295-335
Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to R. Denison 1978
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acmoniodus, Bulbocanthus, Chelyophorus, Desmoporella, Eczematolepis, Goniosteus, Palaeomylus, Ptyctodopsis, Ptyctodus, Ramphodus, Rhynchodus, Rinodus
Subtaxa: Ctenurella gardineri Ctenurella gladbachensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Germany (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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