Panxiosteus Wang 1979 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Panxiosteidae

Full reference: C. Wang. 1979. A new family of Arthrodira from Yunnan, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 17:179-188

Parent taxon: Panxiosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Carr and Hlavin 2010 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Janiosteus, Plourdosteus

Subtaxa: Panxiosteus oculus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Panxi area, Yunnan (Devonian of China)

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