Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dunkleosteidae
Alternative spelling: Heterosteus
Full reference: H. Asmuss. 1856. Das vollkommenste Hautskelet der bisher bekannten Thierreihe, An fossilen Fischen des Alten Rothen Sandsteins aufgefunden und aus ihren Resten erläutert.
Parent taxon: Dunkleosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019
See also Denison 1978, Jordan 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Dunkleosteus, Golshanichthys, Hussakofia, Ichthyosauroides, Xiangshuiosteus
Subtaxa: Heterosteus asmussi Heterosteus convexus Heterosteus groenlandicus Heterosteus ingens Heterosteus rhenanus
Type: Heterosteus asmussi
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Estonia (5 collections), Greenland (1), Latvia (2)
Total: 8 collections including 10 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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