Dickosteus Miles and Westoll 1962 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Coccosteidae

Full reference: R. S. Miles and T. S. Westoll. 1962. IX.—Two New Genera of Coccosteid Arthrodira from the Middle Old Red Sandstone of Scotland, and their Stratigraphical Distribution. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 65(9):179-210

Parent taxon: Coccosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

Sister taxa: Agassichthys, Anomalichthys, Aspidophorus, Asteroplax, Belgiosteus, Brachydirus, Clarkeosteus, Coccosteinae, Coccosteus, Eldenosteus, Lispognathus, Livosteus, Millerosteus, Phlyctaenaspis, Physichthys, Plourdosteus, Ponerichthys, Siphonodus, Watsonosteus, Woodwardosteus

Subtaxa: Dickosteus threiplandi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Givetian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)

• Devonian of Estonia (2), Latvia (2), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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