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Dunkleosteus raveri

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Dunkleosteidae

Taxonomy
Dunkleosteus raveri was named by Carr and Hlavin (2010). Its type specimen is MCZ 13277, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rye Beach Roac, which is in a Famennian marine shale in the Ohio Shale Formation of Ohio.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Dunkleosteus raveri Carr and Hlavin pp. 200 - 201 figs. 3-5

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

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.

†Dunkleosteus raveri Carr and Hlavin 2010
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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: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Ohio) Dunkleosteus raveri (type locality: 181412)