| Phlyctaeniidae Temporal range:   | |
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| Artist's reconstruction of Cartieraspis | |
| Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | †Placodermi | 
| Order: | †Arthrodira | 
| Clade: | †Phlyctaenioidei | 
| Family: | †Phlyctaeniidae | 
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Phlyctaeniidae is an extinct family of placoderm arthrodire fishes that lived during the Devonian period, mainly in Norway and North America.
Classification
Order Arthrodira Woodward, 1891
- Phlyctaenioidei Miles, 1973
- Brachythoraci Gross, 1932 - (includes the well-known Dunkleosteus, Dinichthys, etc.)
 - Williamsaspididae White, 1952
 - Groenlandaspididae Obruchev, 1964
 - Arctolepididae Heintz, 1937
 - Phlyctaeniidae Fowler, 1947
- Aggeraspis Gross, 1962
 - Arctaspis Heintz, 1929
 - Arctolepis? Eastman, 1908 - (may instead belong to Arctolepididae)
 - Barwickosteus Young & Long, 2014
 - Cartieraspis Pageau, 1969
 - Diadsomaspis Gross, 1937
 - Dicksonosteus? Goujet, 1975 - (may not belong to Phlyctaeniidae)
 - Elegantaspis Heintz, 1929 - (may instead belong to trilobite genus Kazakhius)
 - Gaspeaspis Pageau, 1969
 - Grifftaylor Young & Long, 2014
 - Heintzosteus? Goujet, 1984 - (may instead belong to Arctolepididae)
 - Heterogaspis Strand, 1932
 - Huginaspis Heintz, 1929
 - Kolpaspis Pageau, 1969
 - Kueichowlepis Pan & Wang, 1975
 - Lyhoalepis Janvier, Tông-Dzuy & Doàn Nhât, 1994
 - Neophlyctaenius White, 1969
 - Pageauaspis Denison, 1978
 - Phlyctaenius Traquair, 1890
 - Prosphymaspis Gross, 1937
 - Stipatosteus Plax & Newman, 2020
 
 
 
Phylogeny
Phlyctaeniidae's placement within Arthrodira can be shown in the cladogram below:[1]
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Actinolepidoidei 
Phlyctaeniina  | 
References
- ↑ Dupret, V.; Zhu, M. I. N.; Wang, J. N. Q. (2009). "The morphology of Yujiangolepis liujingensis (Placodermi, Arthrodira) from the Pragian of Guangxi (south China) and its phylogenetic significance". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 157: 70. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2009.00519.x.
 
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