Dinichthys denisoni Kulczycki 1957 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dinichthyidae

Full reference: J. Kulczycki. 1957. Upper Devonian Fishes from the Holy Cross Mountains (Poland). Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 2(4):285-380

Belongs to Dinichthys according to J. Kulczycki 1957

Sister taxa: Dinichthys canadensis, Dinichthys curtus, Dinichthys gouldii, Dinichthys gracilis, Dinichthys halmodeus, Dinichthys herzeri, Dinichthys intermedius, Dinichthys jeffersonensis, Dinichthys lincolni, Dinichthys minor, Dinichthys newberryi, Dinichthys praemaxillaris, Dinichthys precursor, Dinichthys prentisclarki, Dinichthys ringuebergi, Dinichthys terrelli, Dinichthys tuberculatus

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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