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Bungartius

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Bungartius
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Life restoration of Bungartius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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

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In a 2017 phylogenetic analysis, Bungartius was placed as an intermediate between Tafilalichthys and Titanichthys.[4]

Rhachiosteus pterygiatus

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Denison, Robert Howland (1975-03-28). "Evolution and classification of placodermi fishes". Breviora. 432: 1–24.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.