Migmatocephala

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

Migmatocephala
Temporal range: (Emsian to Givetian)
Homostius milleri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Phylogeny

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
  1. Young, Gavin C. (2003). "A new species of Atlantidosteus Lelièvre, 1984 (Placodermi, Arthrodira, Brachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of the Broken River area (Queensland, Australia)". Geodiversitas. 25 (4): 681–694.
  2. Mark-Kurikk, Elga; Carls, Peter (2004). "Tityosteus, a marine fish (Arthrodira, Homostiidae) from the Emsian of Aragón,Spain, and its distribution". Revista Española de Paleontología. 19 (2): 139–144. ISSN 0213-6937.
Could reach 3 meters.
Antineosteus rufus
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