Denisonodus Johnson and Elliott 1996 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Ptyctodontida

Full reference: H. Johnson and D. Elliott. 1996. A new ptyctodont (Placodermi) from the Upper Devonian Martin Formation of Northern Arizona, and an analysis of ptyctodont phylogeny. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):994-1003

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Rhamphodopsis, Tollodus

Subtaxa: Denisonodus plutonensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Mt Elden, near Flagstaff (Devonian of Arizona)

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