Coccosteus macromus Cope 1892 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Coccosteidae

Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1892. On some new and little known Paleozoic vertebrates. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 30:221-229

Belongs to Coccosteus according to E. D. Cope 1892

See also Hay 1902

Sister taxa: Coccosteus canadensis, Coccosteus carbonarius, Coccosteus chamberlini, Coccosteus cuspidatus, Coccosteus cuyahogae, Coccosteus decipiens, Coccosteus disjectus, Coccosteus grossi, Coccosteus hercynius, Coccosteus markae, Coccosteus minor, Coccosteus occidentalis, Coccosteus terranovae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Leroy (locality 2), which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Chemung Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Leroy (locality 2)

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