Antineosteus rufus Vaškaninová and Kraft 2014 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Homostiidae

Full reference: V. Vaškaninová and P. Kraft. 2014. The largest Lower Devonian placoderm - Antineosteus rufus sp. nov. from the Barrandian area (Czech Republic). Bulletin of Geosciences 89(3):635-644

Belongs to Antineosteus according to V. Vaškaninová and P. Kraft 2014

Sister taxon: Antineosteus lehmani

Type specimen: NM Lc 125

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cerveny Lom (= Červený Lom or Red Quarry) near Klukovice (Devonian of Czechia)

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