Heterosteus
Heterosteus Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Givetian, | |
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Life reconstruction of Heterosteus ingens | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Heterosteidae |
Genus: | †Heterosteus Asmuss, 1856 |
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Heterosteus (also known as Heterostius) is an extinct genus of heterosteid placoderm of the Middle Devonian known from remains discovered in Europe and Greenland. According to Denison, 1978, Heterosteus might have been planktivorous, along with Homosteus, and Titanichthys.
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