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Paramylostoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Vertebrata

Order
  
Arthrodira

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
Placodermi

Suborder
  
Brachythoraci

Paramylostoma

Similar
  
Melanosteus, Belemnacanthus, Neophlyctaenius, Burrinjucosteus, Enseosteus

Paramylostoma arcualis is an extinct selenosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Late Famennian Cleveland Shale of Late Devonian Ohio. It has a compressed, box-like head and thoracic armor, and large, rounded orbits. However, in comparison with other selenosteids, such as Selenosteus, P. arcualis' orbits were rather small. P. arcualis had smooth jaws that suggest the animal was durophagous.

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Paramylostoma Wikipedia