Dinichthyidae

Taxobox
name = Dinichthyidae

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Dunkleosteus terrelli" skull, Queensland Museum
fossil_range = Late Silurian? to Late Devonian
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
infraphylum = Gnathostomata
classis = Placodermi
ordo = Arthrodira
subordo = Brachythoraci
infraordo = Coccosteina
superfamilia = Dinichthyloidea
familia = Dinichthyidae
familia_authority = Newberry, 1885
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =About a dozen, see text
synonyms =Dunkleosteidae

The Dinichthyidae were a family of placoderms, armored fish most diverse during the Devonian. The gigantic apex predator "Dunkleosteus terrelli" is probably the most well-known member of this group because it was prominently featured in the TV series "Sea Monsters".

Genera

Presently accepted genera are:
*"Bruntonichthys"
*"Bullerichthys"
*"Dunkleosteus"
*"Eastmanosteus"
*"Gorgonichthys"
*"Hadrosteus"
*"Heintzichthys" (including "Stenognathus")
*"Holdenius"
*"Hussakofia" (including "Brachygnathus")
*"Kianyousteus"
*"Squamatognathus"

References

* (2005): Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: [http://www.fmnh.helsinki.fi/users/haaramo/Metazoa/Deuterostoma/Chordata/Placodermi/Dinichthyloidea.htm †Dinichthyloidea] . Version of 2005-NOV-15. Retrieved 2007-SEP-13.