| Tityosteus Temporal range:
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| Artist's reconstruction of T. rieversi | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Homostiidae |
| Genus: | †Tityosteus Gross, 1960 |
| Species: | †T. rieversi
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| Binomial name | |
| †Tityosteus rieversi Gross, 1960
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Tityosteus is an extinct genus of homostiid arthrodire from the Early Emsian of the Early Devonian, with fossils known from Germany, the Ibero-Armorican Trough, and southern Siberia.[1] It attained a length of 2.5 meters.[2]
- ^ Mark-Kurik, E.; Carls, P. (2004). "Tityosteus, a marine fish (Arthrodira, Homostiidae) from the Emsian of Aragón, Spain, and its distribution" (PDF). Spanish Journal of Palaeontology. 19 (2). S2CID 218464633. Retrieved 2023-01-14.
- ^ Denison, Robert Howland (1978). Placodermi. München [Germany]. ISBN 978-0-89574-027-4.