Materpiscis Long et al. 2008 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Ptyctodontiformes - Ptyctodontidae

Full reference: J. A. Long, K. Trinajstic, G. C. Young and T. Senden. 2008. Live birth in the Devonian period. Nature 453(7195):650-652

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to J. A. Long et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Acmoniodus, Aulacosteus, Chelyophorus, Ctenurella, Desmoporella, Eczematolepis, Goniosteus, Palaeomylus, Ptyctodopsis, Ptyctodus, Ramphodus, Rhynchodus, Rinodus

Subtaxa: Materpiscis attenboroughi

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Stromatoporoid Camp Area (Devonian of Australia)

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