Dunkleosteidae | |
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Dunkleosteus terrelli skull, Queensland Museum | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
Clade: | †Pachyosteomorphi |
Superfamily: | †Dunkleosteoidea |
Family: | †Dunkleosteidae Stensiö, 1963 |
Type species | |
Dinichthys terrelli Newberry, 1873
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Genera | |
Dunkleosteidae is an extinct family of arthrodire placoderms that lived during the Devonian period. The gigantic apex predator Dunkleosteus terrelli is the best known member of this group.