Migmatocephala

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Migmatocephala
Temporal range: (Emsian to Givetian) 407.7–382.7 Ma
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Homostius milleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Suborder: †Brachythoraci
Clade: †Eubrachythoraci
Clade: †Migmatocephala
Lelièvre, 1995?
Genera
  • †Homostius formosissimus (Asmuss, 1856)
  • †Atlantidosteus hollardi (Lelièvre, 1984
  • †Tityosteus rieversi (Gross, 1960)
  • †Taemasosteus novaustrocambricus? (White, 1952)
  • †Antineosteus lehmani (Lelièvre, 1984)
May have been pelagic, and a planktivore.
Tityosteus rieversi

Migmatocephala is a clade of placoderm fish within the suborder Brachythoraci.[1][2] Migmatocephala includes the homostiids Taemasosteus?, Tityosteus, Antineosteus, Atlantidosteus, and Homosteus.[1]

Phylogeny

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The cladogram shown here is based on "A new species of Atlantidosteus Lelièvre, 1984 (Placodermi, Arthrodira, Brachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of the Broken River area (Queensland, Australia)".[1]

Migmatocephala

Taemasosteus?

Tityosteus

Antineosteus

Atlantidosteus

Homostius

References

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Could reach 3 meters.
Antineosteus rufus

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