†family Brachydeiridae Gross 1932 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Brachydeiridae

Parent taxon: Aspinothoracidi according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978 and Denison 1984

Sister taxa: Braunosteidae, Bulbocanthidae, Dinichthyidae, Gorgonichthys, Hadrosteidae, Heintzichthys, Leiosteidae, Leptosteidae, Titanichthyidae

Subtaxa: Auchenosteus Brachydeirus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)

Total: 2 collections including 7 occurrences

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