Dunkleosteus Newberry 1874 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dunkleosteidae

Parent taxon: Dunkleosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Carr and Hlavin 2010, Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Elmosteus, Golshanichthys, Heterostius, Hussakofia, Ichthyosauroides, Xiangshuiosteus

Subtaxa: Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus Dunkleosteus belgicus Dunkleosteus denisoni Dunkleosteus magnificus Dunkleosteus marsaisi Dunkleosteus missouriensis Dunkleosteus newberryi Dunkleosteus raveri Dunkleosteus terrelli

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (1: Ontario collection), Latvia (1), United States (5: California, Michigan, Ohio)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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