Lophostracon Lankester 1884 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Homostiidae

Parent taxon: Homosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Jordan 1963

Sister taxa: Angarichthys, Antineosteus, Euleptaspis, Luetkeichthys, Tityosteus

Subtaxa: Lophostracon spitzbergense

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lophostracon in the database

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