Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae
Full reference: J. Newberry. 1868. On some remarkable fossil fishes discovered by Rev. H. Herzer in the black shale (Devonian) at Delaware, Ohio. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science,17th Meeting held at Burlington, Vermont, August, 1867 146-147
Parent taxon: Dinichthyidae according to R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin 2010
See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Obruchev 1964, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Brachygnathus, Brontichthys, Eastmanosteus, Holdenius, Hussakofia, Perissognathus, Stenognathus, Westralichthys
Subtaxa: Dinichthys canadensis Dinichthys curtus Dinichthys denisoni Dinichthys gouldii Dinichthys gracilis Dinichthys halmodeus Dinichthys herzeri Dinichthys intermedius Dinichthys jeffersonensis Dinichthys lincolni Dinichthys minor Dinichthys newberryi Dinichthys praemaxillaris Dinichthys precursor Dinichthys prentisclarki Dinichthys ringuebergi Dinichthys terrelli Dinichthys tuberculatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Canada (1: Manitoba collection), Poland (2), United States (3: Missouri, Ohio)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.