Dinichthyloidea
The Dinichthyloidea is an extinct superfamily of placoderms, armored fish most diverse during the Devonian. They contain numerous extremely large species, such as Titanichthys, presumed to be a planktivore, the apex predator Dinichthys, as well as numerous other genera of diverse size and habits, such as the tiny Rhachiosteus, the superficially tuna-like Bungartius, and the selenosteids and trematosteids.
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| reconstruction of Selenosteus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Infraorder: | †Coccosteina |
| Superfamily: | †Dinichthyloidea Newberry, 1885 |
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Systematics
- Basal genus Erromenosteus
- Family Dinichthyidae
- Family Trematosteidae
- Family Rhachiosteidae
- Family Pachyosteidae
- Family Titanichthyidae
- Family Bungartiidae
- Family Selenosteidae
- Family Mylostomatidae
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