Stenosteus

Stenosteus is a genus of medium-sized selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shale of Ohio. Estimated skull lengths range from 6 to 9 centimeters[1]

Stenosteus
Temporal range: Late Famennian[1]
S. angustopectus
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Stenosteus
Type species
Stenosteus glaber
Dean 1901
Species
  • S. glaber Dean 1901
  • S. pertenius Branson 1911
  • S. angustopectus Carr 1996

Most fossils of Stenosteus have been scraps of armor and portions of tooth-plates suggestive of Selenosteus. In 1996, enough material of a new species, S. angustopectus, was recovered to allow a reconstruction of armor that resembles that of Selenosteus.[2]

References

  1. Denison, Robert (1978). Handbook of Paleoichthyology, Volume 2, Placodermi. New York: Gustav Fischer Verlage. p. 98. ISBN 9780895740274.
  2. Carr, Robert (February 1996). "STENOSTEUS ANGUSTOPECTUS SP. NOV. FROM THE CLEVELAND SHALE (FAMENNIAN) OF NORTHERN OHIO WITH A REVIEW OF SELENOSTEID (PLACODERMI) SYSTEMATICS" (PDF). Kirtlandia. 49: 9–43.


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