†Rachiosteus Gross 1938 (armour-plated fish)
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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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Bad Wildungen site (Devonian of Germany)
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