Gorgonichthys
| Gorgonichthys Temporal range: Upper Famennian
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| Genus: | Gorgonichthys
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| Species: | G. clarki
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Gorgonichthys clarki is an extinct arthrodire placoderm of the superfamily Dinichthyloidea.[1] Fossils of G. clarki are found in the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shales of Late Devonian Ohio. G. clarki is estimated to have reached 6 meters in length. However it still may not have been as heavily built as its contemporary Dunkleosteus.[2]
References
- ^ Carr, R. K.; Hlavin, W. J. (1995). "Dinichthyidae (Placodermi):A paleontological fiction?". Geobios. 28: 85. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(95)80092-1.
- ^ http://www.palaeos.org/Gorgonichthys
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