Gorgonichthys
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]
| Gorgonichthys Temporal range: Upper Famennian | |
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| Genus: | Gorgonichthys |
| Species: | G. clarki |
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Restoration
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.
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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