Biology:Bruntonichthys

Short description: Extinct genus of fishes

Bruntonichthys Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian, 382.7–372.2 Ma PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Suborder:	†Brachythoraci
Clade:	†Eubrachythoraci
Clade:	†Pachyosteomorphi
Clade:	†Aspinothoracidi
Genus:	†Bruntonichthys Dennis & Miles, 1980
Species
Bruntonichthys multidens Dennis & Miles, 1980 (type)

Bruntonichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found in the Gogo Formation of the Kimberley region of Australia. The skull is about 139 millimetres long, and had disproportionally large eye sockets. Researchers suggest it may have preyed on small mollusks.

Phylogeny

Bruntonichthys is a basal member of the clade Aspinothoracidi, which belongs to the clade Pachyosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Bruntonichthys:

Eubrachythoraci

Coccosteomorphi    Pachyosteomorphi    Rhachiosteus pterygiatus     Dunkleosteoidea    Eastmanosteus calliaspis         Eastmanosteus pustulosus     Kiangyousteus yohii         Golshanichthys asiatica       Westralichthys uwagedensis         Dunkleosteus raveri     Dunkleosteus terrelli         Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus    Heterostiidae    Heterosteus ingens     Yinosteus major                 Aspinothoracidi   Tapinosteus heintzi         Bullerichthys fascidens       Kendrickichthys cavernosus     Bruntonichthys multidens           Dinichthys herzeri       Hadrosteus rapax       Gorgonichthys clarki    Selenosteidae    Heintzichthys gouldii     Pachyosteus bulla     Gymnotrachelus hydei     Stenosteus angustopectus     Brachyosteus dietrichi       Melanosteus occitanus     Rhinosteus parvulus

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2927047 entry