Bruntonichthys
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| Bruntonichthys Temporal range: Frasnian
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Family: | †Dunkleosteidae |
| Genus: | †Bruntonichthys |
| Species: | †B. multidens
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| †Bruntonichthys multidens Dennis & Miles, 1980[1]
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Bruntonichthys is an arthrodire placoderm from the Gogo Reef Formation. The skull is about 139 millimetres long, and had proportionally large eye sockets. Researchers suggest it may have preyed on small mollusks.
References[]
- ^ DENNIS, K. and MILES, R. S. (1980), New durophagous arthrodires from Gogo, Western Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 69: 43–85. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1980.tb01932.x
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