Gorgonichthys

Gorgonichthys
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Famennian, 371.1–359.3 Ma
Reconstruction of Gorgonichthys clarki
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: †Arthrodira
Suborder: †Brachythoraci
Clade: †Eubrachythoraci
Clade: †Pachyosteomorphi
Clade: †Aspinothoracidi
Genus: †Gorgonichthys
Claypole, 1892
Species
  • Gorgonichthys clarki Claypole, 1892 (type)
Gorgonichthys jaws.
The infragnathals (lower jaws) of Gorgonicthys with a 1-liter water bottle for scale (bottle is approximately 23 cm tall). These specimens were collected from the Cleveland Shale and are in the collections of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History's Department of Vertebrate Paleontology.
Ventral plates of Gorgonichthys clarki

Gorgonichthys is extinct monospecific genus of large arthrodire placoderm. Fossils are found in the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shales of Late Devonian in Ohio. The type species is Gorgonichthys clarki.