Bungartius

Bungartius Temporal range: Late Devonian
Life restoration of Bungartius
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Suborder:	†Brachythoraci
Infraorder:	†Coccosteina
Superfamily:	†Dinichthyloidea
Family:	†Bungartiidae
Genus:	†Bungartius Dunkle, 1947
Type species
†Bungartius perissus Dunkle, 1947

Bungartius is an extinct genus of armoured, jawed fishes from the Late Devonian period of Ohio.[1][2] Bungartius is thought to have been durophagous.[3]

Phylogeny

In a 2017 phylogenetic analysis, Bungartius was placed as an intermediate between Tafilalichthys and Titanichthys.[4]

	Rhachiosteus pterygiatus
	Tapinosteus heintzi Trematosteus fontanellus Bruntonichthys multidens Kendrickichthys cavernosus Bullerichthys fascidens Dinichthys herzeri Hadrosteus rapax Aspinothoracida Gorgonichthys clarki Heintzichthys gouldii Selenosteidae Mylostomatidae? Tafilalichthys lavocati Bungartius perissus Titanichthyidae Titanichthys agassizi Titanichthys cf. clarki

See also

• List of placoderms

References

1. Dunkle, D.H. (1947-05-01). "A new genus and species of arthrodiran fish from the Upper Devonian Cleveland Shale". Scientific Publications of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History. 8: 103–117 – via Internet Archive.
2. Denison, Robert Howland (1975-03-28). "Evolution and classification of placodermi fishes". Breviora. 432: 1–24.
3. Coatham, Samuel J.; Vinther, Jakob; Rayfield, Emily J.; Klug, Christian. "Was the Devonian placoderm Titanichthys a suspension feeder?". Royal Society Open Science. 7 (5): 200272. doi:10.1098/rsos.200272. PMC 7277245. PMID 32537223.
4. Boyle, James; Ryan, Michael J. (March 2017). "New information on Titanichthys (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Cleveland Shale (Upper Devonian) of Ohio, USA". Journal of Paleontology. 91 (2): 318–336. doi:10.1017/jpa.2016.136. ISSN 0022-3360.