†Microsteus Gross 1932 (armour-plated fish)
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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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bad Wildungen site (Devonian of Germany)
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