†Lophostracon Lankester 1884 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Homostiidae
Parent taxon: Homosteidae according to R. Denison 1978
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxa: Angarichthys, Antineosteus, Burrinjucosteus, Cathlesichthys, Cavanosteus, Dhanguura, Euleptaspis, Goodradigbeeon, Homostius, Luetkeichthys, Tityosteus
Subtaxa: Lophostracon spitzbergense
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophostracon in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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