†Yinostius Wang and Wang 1984 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Heterosteidae
Alternative spelling: Yinosteus
Full reference: J. Wang and N. Wang. 1984. New Material of Arthrodira from the Wuding Region, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22:1-7
Parent taxon: Heterostiidae according to Y. Zhu et al. 2016
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Herasmius
Subtaxa: Yinostius major
Type: Yinosteus major
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Wufengshan hill, Wuding area, Jiucheng unit (Devonian of China)
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