Английская Википедия:Heterosteidae

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Heterosteidae (also known as Heterostiidae[1][2]) is an extinct family of moderately large to giant, flattened, benthic arthrodire placoderms with distinctive, flattened, triangular skulls that are extremely broad posteriorly, but become very narrow anteriorly.[3]

Heterosteidae belongs to the superfamily Dunkleosteoidea, a relative of the giant Dunkleosteus, as shown in the cladogram below:[1] Шаблон:Clade

Genera

Herasmius Orvig, 1969

Heterosteus Asmuss, 1856

Yinostius J. Wang & N. Wang, 1984

References

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