†Plourdosteus Orvig 1951 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Panxiosteidae
Synonym: Tomaiosteus Kulczycki 1957
Parent taxon: Panxiosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Janiosteus, Panxiosteus
Subtaxa: Plourdosteus canadensis Plourdosteus grossi Plourdosteus livonicus Plourdosteus magnus Plourdosteus mironovi Plourdosteus panderi Plourdosteus timanicus Plourdosteus trautscholdi Tomaiosteus grossi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Belarus (1 collection)
• Devonian of Belarus (1), Canada (1: Quebec), Estonia (1), Latvia (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences
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