Yinostius major Wang and Wang 1984 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Heterosteidae

Alternative combination: Yinosteus major

Full reference: J. Wang and N. Wang. 1984. New Material of Arthrodira from the Wuding Region, Yunnan. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 22:1-7

Belongs to Yinostius according to Y. Zhu et al. 2016

See also Wang and Wang 1984

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Wufengshan hill, Wuding area, Jiucheng unit (Devonian of China)

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