Stenosteus
Appearance
Stenosteus | |
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Stenosteus angustopectus | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Selenosteidae |
Genus: | †Stenosteus Dean, 1901 |
Type species | |
Stenosteus glaber Dean, 1901
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Species | |
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Stenosteus is an
Late Devonian period known from the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shale of Ohio. Estimated skull lengths range from 6 to 9 centimeters[1] Most fossils of Stenosteus have been scraps of armor and portions of tooth-plates suggestive of Selenosteus. In 1996, enough material of a new species, S. angustopectus, was recovered to allow a reconstruction of armor that resembles that of Selenosteus.[2]
Phylogeny
Stenosteus is a member of the
phylogeny of Stenosteus:[3]
Eubrachythoraci |
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References
- ISBN 9780895740274.
- ^ Carr, Robert (February 1996). "STENOSTEUS ANGUSTOPECTUS SP. NOV. FROM THE CLEVELAND SHALE (FAMENNIAN) OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH A REVIEW OF SELENOSTEID (PLACODERMI) SYSTEMATICS" (PDF). Kirtlandia. 49: 9–43.
- ISSN 0024-4082.