Tapinosteus (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Pholidosteidae

Parent taxon: Pholidosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Malerosteus, Pholidosteus

Subtaxa: Tapinosteus heintzi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tapinosteus in the database

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