Pholidosteus Jaeckel 1907 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Pholidosteidae

Parent taxon: Pholidosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Malerosteus, Tapinosteus

Subtaxa: Pholidosteus bidorsatus Pholidosteus friedeli Pholidosteus laevior

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bad Wildungen site (Devonian of Germany)

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