Ctenurella Ørvig 1960 (armour-plated fish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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