Microsteus Gross 1932 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rücklin 2011

See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amazichthys, Braunosteus, Draconichthys, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Melanosteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Microsteus angusticeps Microsteus dubius

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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