†Panxiosteus Wang 1979 (armour-plated fish)
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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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Panxi area, Yunnan (Devonian of China)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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