Trachosteus Newberry 1890 (armour-plated fish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trachosteus in the database

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