†Xiangshuiosteus Wang 1992 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dunkleosteidae
Full reference: J. Wang. 1992. New discovery of early Middle Devonian brachythoracid (placoderm fish) from Wuding region of Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30:111-119
Parent taxon: Dunkleosteidae according to J. Wang 1992
Sister taxa: Dunkleosteus, Golshanichthys, Heterostius, Hussakofia, Ichthyosauroides
Subtaxa: Xiangshuiosteus wui
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wufengshan hill, Wuding area, Jiucheng unit (Devonian of China)
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