Gymnotrachelus Dunkle and Bongert 1939 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rücklin 2011

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

Sister taxa: Amazichthys, Braunosteus, Draconichthys, Enseosteus, Melanosteus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Gymnotrachelus hydei

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at nterstate-71, Bellaire and Memphis Rds (Devonian of ohio)

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