Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes

Full reference: H. Liu. 1955. Kiangosteus, a new arthrodiran fish from Szechuan, China. Acta Geologica Sinica 3:271-274

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

See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dunkleosteidae, Dunkleosteoidea, Panxiosteidae, Rhachiosteidae

Subtaxa: Kiangyousteus yohii

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Kiangyousteus type-locality, Longmenshan Area (Devonian of China)

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