Alienacanthus Kulczycki 1957 (armour-plated fish)

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

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Galezice near Checiny (Devonian of Poland)

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