Amazichthys trinajsticae Jobbins et al. 2022 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae

Full reference: M. Jobbins, M. Rücklin, H. G. Ferrón and C. Klug. 2022. A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology. 10(969158):1-20

Belongs to Amazichthys according to M. Jobbins et al. 2022

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: AA.MEM.DS.8, a skeleton (almost complete skeleton). Its type locality is Rich Bel Ras, which is in a Famennian marine ironstone in Morocco.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Rich Bel Ras

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