Hadrosteus Gross 1932 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Hadrosteidae

Full reference: W. Gross. 1932. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen, Neue Folge. Geol. Palaeont. Abh 19:1-61

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

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

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Hadrosteus rapax

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bad Wildungen site (Devonian of Germany)

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