†Trachosteus Newberry 1890 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Mylostomatidae
Parent taxon: Mylostomatidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902, Jordan 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dinomylostoma, Kendrickichthys, Mylostoma, Tafilalichthys
Subtaxa: Trachosteus clarkii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trachosteus in the database
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