Tapinosteus

Tapinosteus is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Late Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found from Bad Wildungen, Germany.[1]

Tapinosteus
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Suborder: †Brachythoraci
Clade: †Eubrachythoraci
Clade: †Pachyosteomorphi
Clade: †Aspinothoracidi
Genus: †Tapinosteus
Stensiö, 1963
Species
  • Tapinosteus heintzi Stensiö, 1963 (type)

Phylogeny

Tapinosteus is a basal member of the clade Aspinothoracidi, which belongs to the clade Pachyosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Tapinosteus:[1]

Eubrachythoraci 

References


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