Golshanichthys

Golshanichthys is an extinct monospecific genus of dunkleosteid from the Late Devonian: Frasnian stage from Kerman, Iran.

Golshanichthys
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Dunkleosteidae
Genus: Golshanichthys
Lelièvre et al., 1981
Type species
Golshanichthys asiatica
Lelièvre et al., 1981

Phylogeny

Golshanichthys belongs to the family Dunkleosteidae, closely related to the giant Dunkleosteus.[1][2] The phylogeny of Golshanichthys can be shown in the cladogram below:[2]

Dunkleosteoidea

Alternatively, the subsequent 2016 Zhu et al. study using a larger morphological dataset recovered Panxiosteidae well outside of Dunkleosteoidea, leaving the status of Dunkleosteidae as a clade grouping separate from Dunkleosteoidea in doubt, as shown in the cladogram below:[3]

References


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