Malerosteus Kulczycki 1957 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Pholidosteidae

Full reference: J. Kulczycki. 1957. Upper Devonian Fishes from the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2(4):285-380

Parent taxon: Pholidosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Pholidosteus, Tapinosteus

Subtaxa: Malerosteus gorizdroae

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wietrznia Zone II (Devonian of Poland)

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