†Selenosteus Dean 1901 (armour-plated fish)
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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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at nterstate-71, Bellaire and Memphis Rds (Devonian of ohio)
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