Heintzichthys Whitley 1933 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira

Parent taxon: Aspinothoracidi according to R. K. Carr and W. J. Hlavin 2010

See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dinichthyidae, Gorgonichthys, Hadrosteus

Subtaxa: Heintzichthys denticulatus Heintzichthys dolichocephalus Heintzichthys gouldii Heintzichthys insignis Heintzichthys mixeri Heintzichthys ringuebergi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Ohio, ohio collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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