Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae

Full reference: R. H. Denison. 1985. A new ptyctodont placoderm, Ptyctodopsis, from the Middle Devonian of Iowa. Journal of Paleontology 59(3):511-522

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to R. H. Denison 1985

See also Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Ptyctodopsis menzeli

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Type: Ptyctodopsis menzeli

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Pint's Quarry (Devonian of Iowa)

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