Pachyosteus Jaeckel 1903 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Rücklin 2011

See also Denison 1978, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alienacanthus, Amazichthys, Braunosteus, Draconichthys, Driscollaspis, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Microsteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Pachyosteus bulla

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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