Brontichthys Claypole 1894 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae

Parent taxon: Dinichthyidae according to D. S. Jordan 1963

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Brachygnathus, Dinichthys, Eastmanosteus, Holdenius, Hussakofia, Perissognathus, Stenognathus, Westralichthys

Subtaxa: Brontichthys clarki

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Type: Brontichthys clarki

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brontichthys in the database

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