Mylostoma Newberry 1883 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Mylostomatidae

Parent taxon: Mylostomatidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Hay 1902, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Dinomylostoma, Tafilalichthys

Subtaxa: Mylostoma eurhinus Mylostoma newberryi Mylostoma terrelli Mylostoma variabile

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Mylostoma in the database

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