Gorgonichthys

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Parent Clade: Pachyosteomorphi
DINICHTHYIDAE
Bruntonichthys | Bullerichthys | Dinichthys | Dunkleosteus | Eastmanosteus | Gorgonichthys | Hadrosteus | Heintzichthys | Holdenius | Hussakofia | Kianyousteus | Squamatognathus



Gorgonichthys is a genus of large carnivorous placoderm whose fossil remains are known from North America. It reached 6 meters in length. However it still may not have been as heavily built as Dunkleosteus.


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Author: (Claypole, 1892)


List of species:

  • Gorgonichthys clarki


[edit] References

  • David H. Dunkle and Peter A. Bungart, 1946 The antero-supragnathal of Gorgonichthys / American Museum Novitates no.1317, 10 p. PDF file
  • John A. Long, The Rise of Fishes

[edit] Credits

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