Plourdosteus magnus Traquair 1895 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Panxiosteidae

Belongs to Plourdosteus according to Traquair 1895

Sister taxa: Plourdosteus canadensis, Plourdosteus grossi, Plourdosteus livonicus, Plourdosteus mironovi, Plourdosteus panderi, Plourdosteus timanicus, Plourdosteus trautscholdi, Tomaiosteus grossi

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Boghole, Muckle Burn (Devonian of the United Kingdom)

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