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Dunkleosteidae

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - 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).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Dunkleosteidae Stensiö
2010Dunkleosteidae Carr and Hlavin p. 198
2019Dunkleosteidae van der Laan p. 31

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
Arthrodira(Woodward 1891)
orderPhlyctaeniiformes
suborderBrachythoraciGross 1932
PachyosteomorphiStensiö 1944
familyDunkleosteidaeStensiö 1963
familyDunkleosteidaeStensiö 1963

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 newberryi Clarke 1885
Dunkleosteus raveri Carr and Hlavin 2010
Dunkleosteus terrelli Newberry 1873
G. †Golshanichthys Lelievre et al. 1981
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Golshanichthys asiatica Lelievre et al. 1981
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. †Hussakofia Cossman 1910
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Hussakofia minor Newberry 1878
G. †Ichthyosauroides Kutorga 1837
G. †Xiangshuiosteus Wang 1992
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Xiangshuiosteus wui Wang 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2004-08-17 14:23:32
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:33:26
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
Reference: Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Emsian to the top of the Late/Upper Famennian or 399.50000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47China Xiangshuiosteus wui (238391)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Estonia Heterosteus asmussi, Heterosteus convexus, Heterosteus ingens (238388) Heterostius sp. (225793)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Latvia Heterosteus ingens (225850) Heterostius ingens (225802)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Estonia Heterosteus ingens (225803 225804 225851)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Dunkleosteus sp. (111894 238762)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Greenland Heterosteus groenlandicus (239154)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Iran Golshanichthys asiatica (238287)
Frasnian - Famennian382.31 - 358.86USA (Michigan) Dunkleosteus sp. (238772)
Late/Upper Devonian382.31 - 358.86USA (California) Dunkleosteus terrelli (206454)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Canada (Ontario) Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus (226507)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Latvia Dunkleosteus sp. (238744)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) Dunkleosteus raveri (181412)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86USA (ohio) Hussakofia minor (233183)