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Dunkleosteidae
Taxonomy
Dunkleosteidae was named by Stensiö (1963). Its type is Dunkleosteus.
It was assigned to Dunkleosteoidea by Carr and Hlavin (2010); and to Pachyosteomorphi by van der Laan (2019).
It was assigned to Dunkleosteoidea by Carr and Hlavin (2010); and to Pachyosteomorphi by van der Laan (2019).
Subtaxa
Dunkleosteus (type genus), Elmosteus, Golshanichthys, Heterostius, Hussakofia, Ichthyosauroides, Xiangshuiosteus
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2013-02-20; modified by P. Novack-Gottshall on 2025-07-21
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1963 | Dunkleosteidae Stensiö |
| 2010 | Dunkleosteidae Carr and Hlavin p. 198 |
| 2019 | Dunkleosteidae van der Laan p. 31 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Dunkleosteidae Stensiö 1963
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G. †Dunkleosteus Newberry 1874
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†Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus Carr and Hlavin 2010
†Dunkleosteus belgicus Leriche 1931
†Dunkleosteus denisoni Kulczycki 1957
†Dunkleosteus magnificus Hussakof and Bryant 1919
†Dunkleosteus marsaisi Lehman 1954
†Dunkleosteus missouriensis Branson 1914
†Dunkleosteus newberryi Clarke 1885
†Dunkleosteus raveri Carr and Hlavin 2010
†Dunkleosteus terrelli Newberry 1873
G. †Heterostius Asmuss 1856
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†Heterosteus asmussi Agassiz 1844
†Heterosteus convexus Asmuss 1856
†Heterosteus groenlandicus Stensio 1938
†Heterosteus ingens Asmuss 1856
†Heterosteus rhenanus Gross 1933
G. †Ichthyosauroides Kutorga 1837
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available