| Phlyctaeniidae Temporal range:
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| Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Clade: | †Phlyctaenioidei |
| Family: | †Phlyctaeniidae |
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Phlyctaeniidae is an extinct family of placoderm arthrodire fishes that lived during the Devonian period, mainly in Norway and North America.
Classification
[edit]Order Arthrodira Woodward, 1891
- Phlyctaenioidei Miles, 1973
- Brachythoraci Gross, 1932 - (includes the well-known Dunkleosteus, Dinichthys, etc.)
- Williamsaspididae White, 1952
- Groenlandaspididae Obruchev, 1964
- Arctolepididae Heintz, 1937
- Phlyctaeniidae Fowler, 1947
- Aggeraspis Gross, 1962
- Arctaspis Heintz, 1929
- Arctolepis? Eastman, 1908 - (may instead belong to Arctolepididae)
- Barwickosteus Young & Long, 2014
- Cartieraspis Pageau, 1969
- Diadsomaspis Gross, 1937
- Dicksonosteus? Goujet, 1975 - (may not belong to Phlyctaeniidae)
- Elegantaspis Heintz, 1929 - (may instead belong to trilobite genus Kazakhius)
- Gaspeaspis Pageau, 1969
- Grifftaylor Young & Long, 2014
- Heintzosteus? Goujet, 1984 - (may instead belong to Arctolepididae)
- Heterogaspis Strand, 1932
- Huginaspis Heintz, 1929
- Kolpaspis Pageau, 1969
- Kueichowlepis Pan & Wang, 1975
- Lyhoalepis Janvier, Tông-Dzuy & Doàn Nhât, 1994
- Neophlyctaenius White, 1969
- Pageauaspis Denison, 1978
- Phlyctaenius Traquair, 1890
- Prosphymaspis Gross, 1937
- Stipatosteus Plax & Newman, 2020
Phylogeny
[edit]Phlyctaeniidae's placement within Arthrodira can be shown in the cladogram below:[1]
Actinolepidoidei
Phlyctaeniina |
References
[edit]- ^ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
