Bungartius

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Bungartius
Temporal range:
Late Devonian
Life restoration
of Bungartius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Infraorder: Coccosteina
Superfamily: Dinichthyloidea
Family:
Bungartiidae
Genus: Bungartius
Dunkle, 1947
Type species
Bungartius perissus
Dunkle, 1947

Bungartius is an

Late Devonian period of Ohio.[1][2] Bungartius is thought to have been durophagous.[3]

Phylogeny

In a 2017

phylogenetic analysis, Bungartius was placed as an intermediate between Tafilalichthys and Titanichthys.[4]

Rhachiosteus pterygiatus

Tapinosteus heintzi

Trematosteus fontanellus

Bruntonichthys multidens

Kendrickichthys cavernosus

Bullerichthys fascidens

Dinichthys herzeri

Hadrosteus rapax

Aspinothoracida

Gorgonichthys clarki

Heintzichthys gouldii

Selenosteidae

Mylostomatidae?

Tafilalichthys lavocati

Bungartius perissus

Titanichthyidae

Titanichthys agassizi

Titanichthys cf. clarki

See also

  • List of placoderms

References

  1. ^ Dunkle, D.H. (1947-05-01). "A new genus and species of arthrodiran fish from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale". Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 8: 103–117 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Denison, Robert Howland (1975-03-28). "Evolution and classification of placodermi fishes". Breviora. 432: 1–24.
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