Coccosteidae
Sign in to saveCoccosteidae is a family of arthrodire placoderms from the Early to Late Devonian. Fossils appear in various strata in Europe, North America and China.
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- Phylogeny
- Genera
- ''[[Belgiosteus]]''
- ''[[Clarkosteus]]''
- ''[[Coccosteus]]''
- ''[[Dickosteus]]''
- ''[[Jiuchengia]]''
- ''[[Livosteus]]''
- ''[[Millerosteus]]''
- ''[[Protitanichthys]]''
- ''[[Watsonosteus]]''
- ''[[Woodwardosteus]]''
- References
Coccosteidae is a family of arthrodire placoderms from the Early to Late Devonian. Fossils appear in various strata in Europe, North America and China.
==Phylogeny== Coccosteidae belongs to the larger clade Coccosteomorphi, which together with its sister clade Pachyosteomorphi forms the group Eubrachythoraci. The phylogeny of Coccosteidae can be shown in the cladogram below: {{clade| style=font-size:85%;line-height:85% |label1=Eubrachythoraci |1={{clade |label1=Coccosteomorphi |1={{clade |label1=Coccosteoidea |1= |label2=Incisoscutoidea |2={{clade |1=Harrytoombsia elegans |2= |3={{clade |1=Mcnamaraspis kaprios |2= }} }} }} |label2=Pachyosteomorphi |2={{clade |1=Rhachiosteus pterygiatus |2={{clade |label1=Dunkleosteoidea |1={{clade |1=Eastmanosteus calliaspis |2= }} |label2=Aspinothoracidi |2={{clade |1=Tapinosteus heintzi |2= }} }} }} }} }}
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Coccosteidae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.