Heintzichthys

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Heintzichthys
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Order:
Family:
Dinichthyidae
Genus:
Heintzichthys
Species:
H. gouldii
Binomial name
Heintzichthys gouldii
(Newberry, 1893)
Synonyms
  • Dinichthys corrugatus (Newberry, 1893)
  • Dinichthys gracilis (Claypole, 1897)
  • Stenognathus corrugatus (Newberry, 1889)

Heintzichthys gouldii is an extinct arthrodire placoderm that lived what is now Europe and North America during the Late Devonian. The type specimen was discovered in 1893 in the Cleveland Shale near Cleveland, Ohio, in the United States.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Hansen, Michael C. (2005). "Phylum Chordata—Vertebrate Fossils". In Feldmann, Rodney M.; Hackathorn, Merrianne (eds.). Fossils of Ohio. ODNR Bulletin 70. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Natural Resources. p. 290.


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