Stenosteus
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S. angustopectus | |
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Subphylum: | Vertebrata
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Genus: | Stenosteus
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Stenosteus glaber Dean 1901
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Stenosteus is a genus of medium-sized selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shale of Ohio. Estimated skull lengths range from 6 to 9 centimeters[1]
Most fossils of Stenosteus have been scraps of armor and portions of tooth-plates suggestive of Selenosteus. In 1996, enough material of a new species, S. angustopectus, was recovered to allow a reconstruction of armor that resembles that of Selenosteus.[2]
References[]
- ^ a b Denison, Robert (1978). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 2, Placodermi. New York: Gustav Fischer Verlage. p. 98. ISBN 9780895740274.
- ^ Carr, Robert (February 1996). "STENOSTEUS ANGUSTOPECTUS SP. NOV. FROM THE CLEVELAND SHALE (FAMENNIAN) OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH A REVIEW OF SELENOSTEID (PLACODERMI) SYSTEMATICS" (PDF). Kirtlandia. 49: 9–43.
Categories:
- Selenosteidae
- Placoderms of North America
- Paleontology in Ohio
- Famennian life
- Famennian genus first appearances
- Famennian genus extinctions
- Placoderm stubs