Coccosteomorphi

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Phylum:Chordata
Class:Placodermi
Order:Arthrodira
Suborder:Brachythoraci
Coccosteomorphi
Temporal range: Devonian
Artist's reconstruction of Coccosteus cuspidatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Clade: Eubrachythoraci
Clade: Coccosteomorphi
Stensiö, 1944
Sub-Clades

Coccosteomorphi is an extinct clade of arthrodire placoderms within the Eubrachythoraci (of the suborder Brachythoraci), armored fish most diverse during the Devonian. Most are considered to be pelagic (open ocean) long-distance swimmers, leading to their widespread distribution beginning from at least the Middle Devonian period.[1]

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