Gorgonichthys
| Gorgonichthys Temporal range: Upper Famennian | |
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| Ventral plates of Gorgonichthys clarki | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | Brachythoraci |
| Infraorder: | Coccosteina |
| Superfamily: | Dinichthyloidea |
| Genus: | Gorgonichthys |
| Species: | G. clarki |
| Binomial name | |
| Gorgonichthys clarki | |
Gorgonichthys clarki is an extinct arthrodire placoderm of the superfamily Dinichthyloidea.[1] Fossils of G. clarki are found in the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shales of Late Devonian Ohio. G. clarki is estimated to have reached 6 meters in length. However it still may not have been as heavily built as its contemporary Dunkleosteus.[2]
Restoration
References
- ↑ Carr, R. K.; Hlavin, W. J. (1995). "Dinichthyidae (Placodermi):A paleontological fiction?". Geobios 28: 85. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80092-1.
- ↑ http://www.palaeos.org/Gorgonichthys
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