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Dunkleosteidae
Extinct family of fishes / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dunkleosteidae is an extinct family of arthrodire placoderms that lived during the Devonian period. The gigantic apex predator Dunkleosteus terrelli is the best known member of this group.
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Dunkleosteidae | |
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Dunkleosteus terrelli skull, Queensland Museum | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | †Pachyosteomorphi |
Superfamily: | †Dunkleosteoidea |
Family: | †Dunkleosteidae Stensiö, 1963 |
Type species | |
Dinichthys terrelli Newberry, 1873 | |
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