Placodermi - Ptyctodontida - Ptyctodontidae

Full reference: A. S. Woodward. 1891. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History). Part II. Catalogue of the Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History) 2

Parent taxon: Ptyctodontidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Hay 1902, Sepkoski 2002 and Woodward 1891

Sister taxa: Acmoniodus, Bulbocanthus, Chelyophorus, Ctenurella, Desmoporella, Eczematolepis, Goniosteus, Ptyctodopsis, Ptyctodus, Ramphodus, Rhynchodus, Rinodus

Subtaxa: Palaeomylus crassus Palaeomylus frangens Palaeomylus greenei Palaeomylus hussakofi Palaeomylus lunaeformis Palaeomylus minor Palaeomylus predator

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Type: Palaeomylus frangens

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeomylus in the database

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