Gymnotrachelus

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Gymnotrachelus
Temporal range:
Ma
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Selenosteidae
Genus: Gymnotrachelus
Dunkel & Bungart, 1939
Species
  • Gymnotrachelus hydei Dunkel & Bungart, 1939 (type)

Gymnotrachelus is an

gar-like or barracuda-like build.[2]

Phylogeny

Gymnotrachelus is a member of the

phylogeny of Gymnotrachelus:[3]

Eubrachythoraci 

Coccosteomorphi

 Pachyosteomorphi 

Rhachiosteus pterygiatus

Dunkleosteoidea 

Eastmanosteus calliaspis

Eastmanosteus pustulosus

Kiangyousteus yohii

Golshanichthys asiatica

Westralichthys uwagedensis

Dunkleosteus raveri

Dunkleosteus terrelli

Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus

 
Heterostiidae
 

Heterosteus ingens

Yinosteus major

Aspinothoracidi

Tapinosteus heintzi

Bullerichthys fascidens

Kendrickichthys cavernosus

Bruntonichthys multidens

Dinichthys herzeri

Hadrosteus rapax

Gorgonichthys clarki

 Selenosteidae 

Heintzichthys gouldii

Pachyosteus bulla

Gymnotrachelus hydei

Stenosteus angustopectus

Brachyosteus dietrichi

Melanosteus occitanus

Rhinosteus parvulus

According to a 2022 Jobbins et al. study, Gymnotrachelus was found to be an outgroup to Heintzichthys and Gorgonichthys.[4]

References