Selenosteus Dean 1901 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Denison 1978, Jordan 1963, Rücklin 2011 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Alienacanthus, Amazichthys, Draconichthys, Driscollaspis, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus

Subtaxa: Selenosteus brevis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at nterstate-71, Bellaire and Memphis Rds (Devonian of ohio)

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