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Burrinjucosteus

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Kingdom
  
Order
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Class
  
†Placodermi

Species
  
B. asymmetricus

Rank
  
Genus

Burrinjucosteus httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Family
  
BuchanosteidaeWhite, 1952

Similar
  
Arenipiscis, Goodradigbeeon, Taemasosteus, Errolosteus, Belemnacanthus

Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.

B. asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, but flattened animal.

References

Burrinjucosteus Wikipedia


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