Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes

Full reference: H. Lelievre. 1995. Description of Maideria falipoui n. g., n. sp., a long snouted brachythoracid (Vertebrata, Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Givetian of Maider (South Morocco), with a phylogenetic analysis of primitive brachythoracids. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section C – Sciences de la Terre, Paléontologie, Géologie, Minéralogie 17:163-208

Parent taxon: Brachythoraci according to H. Lelievre 1995

Sister taxa: Aspinothoracidi, Brachydeiroidea, Buchanosteidae, Buchanosteoidea, Coccosteoidea, Coccosteomorphi, Dinichthyoidea, Doseyosteus, Gemuendenaspidae, Heterosteoidea, Homosteoidea, Homostiidae, Pachyosteomorphi, Parabuchanosteidae

Subtaxa: Maideria falipoui

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maideria type-locality (nominal) (Devonian of Morocco)

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