Migmatocephala
Appearance
Migmatocephala | |
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Homostius milleri | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | †Migmatocephala Lelièvre, 1995? |
Genera | |
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![May have been pelagic, and a planktivore.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Tityosteus_rieversi.jpg/220px-Tityosteus_rieversi.jpg)
Migmatocephala is a clade of placoderm fish within the suborder Brachythoraci.[1][2] Migmatocephala includes the homostiids Taemasosteus?, Tityosteus, Antineosteus, Atlantidosteus, and Homosteus.[1]
Phylogeny
[edit]The cladogram shown here is based on "A new species of Atlantidosteus Lelièvre, 1984 (Placodermi, Arthrodira, Brachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of the Broken River area (Queensland, Australia)".[1]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c Young, Gavin C. (2003). "A new species of Atlantidosteus Lelièvre, 1984 (Placodermi, Arthrodira, Brachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of the Broken River area (Queensland, Australia)". Geodiversitas. 25 (4): 681–694.
- ^ Mark-Kurikk, Elga; Carls, Peter (2004). "Tityosteus, a marine fish (Arthrodira, Homostiidae) from the Emsian of Aragón,Spain, and its distribution". Revista Española de Paleontología. 19 (2): 139–144. ISSN 0213-6937.
![Could reach 3 meters.](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Antineosteus_rufus_size_comparison.png/220px-Antineosteus_rufus_size_comparison.png)