†Alienacanthus Kulczycki 1957 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Arthrodira - Selenosteidae
Full reference: J. Kulczycki. 1957. Upper Devonian Fishes from the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2(4):285-380
Parent taxon: Selenosteidae according to M. Jobbins et al. 2024
Sister taxa: Amazichthys, Draconichthys, Driscollaspis, Enseosteus, Gymnotrachelus, Microsteus, Pachyosteus, Paramylostoma, Rhinosteus, Selenosteus, Stenosteus, Walterosteus
Subtaxa: Alienacanthus malkowskii
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Galezice near Checiny (Devonian of Poland)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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