Stenosteus
| Stenosteus Temporal range: Late Famennian[1] | |
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| S. angustopectus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | Brachythoraci |
| Infraorder: | Coccosteina |
| Superfamily: | Dinichthyloidea |
| Family: | Selenosteidae |
| Genus: | Stenosteus |
| Type species | |
| Stenosteus glaber Dean 1901 | |
| Species | |
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Stenosteus is a genus of medium-sized selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shales 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]
References
- 1 2 Denison, Robert (1978). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 2, Placodermi. New York: Gustav Fischer Verlage. p. 98. 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.
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