Biology:Bungartius

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Short description: Extinct genus of placoderm fish

Bungartius
Temporal range: Late Devonian
Bungartius perissus recon 2022-23.jpg
Life restoration of Bungartius
Scientific classification e
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

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

Rhachiosteus pterygiatus

Tapinosteus heintzi

Trematosteus fontanellus

Bruntonichthys multidens

Kendrickichthys cavernosus

Bullerichthys fascidens

Dinichthys herzeri

Hadrosteus rapax

Aspinothoracida

Gorgonichthys clarki

Heintzichthys gouldii

Selenosteidae

Mylostomatidae?

Tafilalichthys lavocati

Bungartius perissus

Titanichthyidae

Titanichthys agassizi

Titanichthys cf. clarki

See also

  • List of placoderms

References

Wikidata ☰ Q131039 entry