Dunkleosteoidea

Dunkleosteoidea Temporal range: Late Emsian to Late Famennian, ~393.3–358.9 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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 Vezina, 1990
Contained taxa
Dunkleosteidae Dunkleosteus Eastmanosteus Golshanichthys Kiangyousteus Westralichthys? Xiangshuiosteus? Panxiosteidae? Heterosteidae Heterosteus Yinosteus

Dunkleosteoidea is an extinct superfamily of arthrodire placoderms that lived during the Devonian period. The gigantic apex predator Dunkleosteus terrelli is the best known member of this group.