Millerosteus
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Extinct genus of placoderm fish of the Devonian period
| Millerosteus | |
|---|---|
| Fossil of Millerosteus minor in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Coccosteidae |
| Genus: | †Millerosteus Stensiö, 1959 |
| Species | |
Millerosteus is an extinct genus of coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Early Givetian stage of the Middle Devonian period. Fossils are found in Orkney and Caithness, Scotland. It was a small placoderm with a body length of 14 cm (5.5 in).[1] Millerosteus is one of the few arthrodires known from specimens preserving the entire skeleton.
Phylogeny
[edit ]Millerosteus is a member of the family Coccosteidae, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Millerosteus:[2]
Eubrachythoraci
References
[edit ]- ^ Engelman, Russell K. (2023). "A Devonian Fish Tale: A New Method of Body Length Estimation Suggests Much Smaller Sizes for Dunkleosteus terrelli (Placodermi: Arthrodira)". Diversity. 15 (3). 318. doi:10.3390/d15030318 .
- ^ Zhu, You-An; Zhu, Min; Wang, Jun-Qing (1 April 2016). "Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society . 176 (4): 806–834. doi:10.1111/zoj.12356 . ISSN 0024-4082.
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