Bungartius
| Bungartius Temporal range: Late Devonian
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Infraorder: | †Coccosteina |
| Superfamily: | †Dinichthyloidea |
| Family: | †Bungartiidae |
| Genus: | †Bungartius Dunkle, 1947 |
| Type species | |
| †Bungartius perissus Dunkle, 1947
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Bungartius is an extinct genus of armoured, jawed fishes from the Late Devonian period of Ohio.[1][2] Bungartius is thought to have been durophagous.[3]
Phylogeny
[edit]In a 2017 phylogenetic analysis, Bungartius was placed as an intermediate between Tafilalichthys and Titanichthys.[4]
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Dunkle, D.H. (1947-05-01). "A new genus and species of arthrodiran fish from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale". Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 8: 103–117 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Denison, Robert Howland (1975-03-28). "Evolution and classification of placodermi fishes". Breviora. 432: 1–24.
- ^ Coatham, Samuel J.; Vinther, Jakob; Rayfield, Emily J.; Klug, Christian. "Was the Devonian placoderm Titanichthys a suspension feeder?". Royal Society Open Science. 7 (5): 200272. doi:10.1098/rsos.200272. PMC 7277245. PMID 32537223.
- ^ Boyle, James; Ryan, Michael J. (March 2017). "New information on Titanichthys (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Cleveland Shale (Upper Devonian) of Ohio, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 91 (2): 318–336. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.136. ISSN 0022-3360.
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