†family Rhachiosteidae Stensiƶ 1963 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Rhachiosteidae

Alternative spelling: Rachiosteidae

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

See also Denison 1975, Denison 1978 and Denison 1984

Sister taxa: Dunkleosteidae, Dunkleosteoidea, Kiangyousteus, Panxiosteidae

Subtaxa: Rachiosteus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Bad Wildungen site (Devonian of Germany)

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