Woodwardosteus White and Moy-Thomas 1940 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Coccosteidae

Parent taxon: Coccosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

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

Subtaxa: Woodwardosteus spatulatus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Woodwardosteus in the database

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