Dinichthys jeffersonensis Branson and Mehl 1931 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Dinichthyidae

Full reference: E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl. 1931. The Journal of Geology. 39(6):509-531

Belongs to Dinichthys according to E. B. Branson and M. G. Mehl 1931

Sister taxa: Dinichthys canadensis, Dinichthys curtus, Dinichthys gouldii, Dinichthys gracilis, Dinichthys halmodeus, Dinichthys hertzeri, Dinichthys intermedius, Dinichthys lincolni, Dinichthys minor, Dinichthys newberryi, Dinichthys praemaxillaris, Dinichthys precursor, Dinichthys prentisclarki, Dinichthys ringuebergi, Dinichthys terrelli, Dinichthys tuberculatus

Type specimen: Number 591, Vertebrate Paleontology, University of Missouri, a partial skeleton (The median-poste- rior spine and postero-lateral margins of a Dinichthyid dorso-median shield of large size)

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dinichthys jeffersonensis in the database

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