Dunkleosteus

From English Dunkle (“surname”) + Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”), named in honour of David Dunkle, former curator of vertebrate paleontology at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History.

†Dunkleosteus

1. A taxonomic genus within the family †Dunkleosteidae – certain large placoderm fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago.

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; †Placodermi – class; †Arthrodira – order; †Brachythoraci – suborder; †Dunkleosteoidea – superfamily; †Dunkleosteidae – family

• (genus): †Dunkleosteus amblyodoratus, †Dunkleosteus belgicus †Dunkleosteus denisoni, †Dunkleosteus magnificus, †Dunkleosteus marsaisi, †Dunkleosteus missouriensis, †Dunkleosteus newberryi, †Dunkleosteus raveri, †Dunkleosteus terrelli (type species), †Dunkleosteus tuderensis – extinct species

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