Ctenurella gladbachensis Ørvig 1960 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Ptyctodontiformes - Ptyctodontidae

Full reference: T. Ørvig. 1960. New Finds of Acanthodians, Arthrodires, Crossopterygians, Ganoids and Dipnoans in the Upper Middle Devonian Calcareous Flags (Oberer Plattenkalk) of the Bergisch Gladbach-Paffrath Trough (Part 1). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 34(3):295-335

Belongs to Ctenurella according to Orvig 1960

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNH P.4813. Its type locality is Heiligenstock Quarry, which is in a Givetian/Frasnian marine limestone/shale in the Oberer Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Germany (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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