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Brachythoraci Temporal range: Devonian
Reconstruction of the coccosteine Coccosteus decipiens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Placodermi
Order:	Arthrodira
Suborder:	Brachythoraci
Contained taxa
Family Heterosteidae Infraorder Coccosteina Family Williamsaspididae

Brachythoraci is an extinct suborder of arthrodire placoderms, armored fish most diverse during the Devonian. The suborder previously only contained the infraorder Coccosteina, but the more basal family, Heterosteidae is now placed within there too.

Phylogeny

Below is a cladogram from Carr and Hlavin (2010).

References

1. Carr, R. K.; Hlavin, W. J. (2010). "Two new species of Dunkleosteus Lehman, 1956, from the Ohio Shale Formation (USA, Famennian) and the Kettle Point Formation (Canada, Upper Devonian), and a cladistic analysis of the Eubrachythoraci (Placodermi, Arthrodira)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 159: 195. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00578.x.

• Haaramo, Mikko (2005): Mikko's Phylogeny Archive: †Arthrodira. Version of 2005-NOV-15. Retrieved 2007-SEP-13.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Gnathostomata see Gnathostomata Placodermi see below↓ Placodermi
Acanthothoraci* Hagiangella Palaeacanthaspidae* Arabosteus Dobrowlania Kimaspis Kolymaspis Kosoraspis Palaeacanthaspis Radotina Romundina Sudaspis Tlamaspis Weejasperaspididae Murrindalaspis Weejasperaspis Petalichthyida Diandongpetalichthys Neopetalichthys Quasipetalichthyidae Eurycaraspis Pauropetalichthys Quasipetalichthys Macropetalichthyidae Ellopetalichthys Epipetalichthys Lunaspis Macropetalichthys Notopetalichthys Shearsbyaspis Tongdzuylepis Wijdeaspis Ptyctodontida Austroptyctodus Campbellodus Chelyophorus Ctenurella Denisonodus Destnoporella Eczematolepis Goniosteus Kimbryanodus Materpiscis Meeksiella Palaeomylus Ptyctodopsis Ptyctodus Rhamphodopsis Rhynchodus Rhenanida Asterosteus Bolivosteus Gemuendina Jagorina Nefudina Ohioaspis Antiarchi see Antiarchi Arthrodira see Arthrodira Others "maxillate placoderms" Bianchengichthys Entelognathus Qilinyu Silurolepis? Brindabellaspis Holopetalichthys Minjinia Pseudopetalichthys Stensioella Xiushanosteus
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