Rachiosteus Gross 1938 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Rhachiosteidae

Full reference: W. Gross. 1938. Rachiosteus pterygiatus n. gen., n. sp. (Euarthrodira, Brachythoraci). Decheniana 97a:183

Parent taxon: Rachiosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Rachiosteus pterygiatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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