Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae
Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to R. Denison 1978
See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Acmoniodus, Bulbocanthus, Chelyophorus, Ctenurella, Desmoporella, Eczematolepis, Goniosteus, Palaeomylus, Ptyctodopsis, Ptyctodus, Ramphodus, Rinodus
Subtaxa: Rhynchodus excavatus Rhynchodus eximius Rhynchodus major Rhynchodus marginalis Rhynchodus occidentalis Rhynchodus ornatus Rhynchodus pertenuis Rhynchodus rostratus Rhynchodus secans Rhynchodus telleri Rhynchodus tetrodon Rhynchodus wildungensis
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Belarus (1 collection), Poland (1), United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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