Bruntonichthys

Bruntonichthys
Temporal range: Frasnian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: ?Dunkleosteidae
Genus: Bruntonichthys
Species: B. multidens
Binomial name
Bruntonichthys multidens
Dennis & Miles 1980 [1]

Bruntonichthys is an arthrodire placoderm from the Gogo Reef Formation. It was a small fish, having proportionately huge eyes, and small jaws. Researchers suggest it may have preyed on small mollusks.

References

  1. DENNIS, K. and MILES, R. S. (1980), New durophagous arthrodires from Gogo, Western Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 69: 43–85. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1980.tb01932.x