Hussakofia Cossman 1910 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae

Parent taxon: Dinichthyidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brachygnathus, Brontichthys, Dinichthys, Eastmanosteus, Holdenius, Perissognathus, Stenognathus, Westralichthys

Subtaxa: Hussakofia minor

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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