Dinichthys
Dinichthys (from Greek: δεινός deinós, 'terrible' and Greek: ἰχθύς ichthys 'fish') is an extinct monospecific genus of large marine arthrodire placoderm from the Late Devonian (Famennian stage) measuring around 3 metres (9.8 ft) long. Fossils were recovered from the Ohio Shale Formation along the Olentangy River in Delaware County, Ohio.
| Dinichthys Temporal range: Late Devonian: Famennian, | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Clade: | †Phlyctaenioidei |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Pachyosteomorphi |
| Clade: | †Aspinothoracidi |
| Genus: | †Dinichthys Newberry, 1868 |
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