Dunkleosteus

Translingual vertical Dunkleosteus terrelli (fossil fish) (Cleveland Shale Member, Ohio Shale, Upper Devonian; Rocky River Valley, Cleveland, Ohio, USA) 21 (34001200911).jpg †Dunkleosteus terrelli species skull reconstruction Dunkleosteus terrelli size comparison.png †Dunkleosteus terrelli species (bottom fish) restoration and size comparison Dunkleosteus spp.jpg Life restorations of three species Etymology From mul en Dunkle surname + mul grc ὀστέον bone, named in honour of David Dunkle, former curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. Proper noun †1 genus family †Dunkleosteidae family certain large placoderm fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago Hypernyms genus ; Vertebrata subphylum subphylum; Gnathostomata infraphylum infraphylum; †Placodermi class class; †Arthrodira order order; †Brachythoraci suborder suborder; †Dunkleosteoidea superfamily superfamily; †Dunkleosteidae family family Hyponyms genus †Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus species, †Dunkleosteus belgicus species †Dunkleosteus denisoni species, †Dunkleosteus magnificus species, †Dunkleosteus marsaisi species, †Dunkleosteus missouriensis species, †Dunkleosteus newberryi species, †Dunkleosteus raveri species, †Dunkleosteus terrelli species type species, †Dunkleosteus tuderensis species extinct species References 1 1 1 mul Placoderms mul taxonomic eponyms