| Bruntonichthys | |
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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 |
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Bruntonichthys is anextinctmonospecificgenus ofarthrodireplacoderm from the EarlyFrasnian stage of theLate Devonian period. Fossils are found in theGogo Formation of theKimberley region of Australia. The skull is about 139 millimetres long, and had disproportionally large eye sockets. Researchers suggest it may have preyed on smallmollusks.[1]
Bruntonichthys is abasal member of thecladeAspinothoracidi, which belongs to the cladePachyosteomorphi, one of the two major clades withinEubrachythoraci. Thecladogram below shows thephylogeny ofBruntonichthys:[2]
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