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Parabuchanosteus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
†Placodermi

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Arthrodira

Parabuchanosteus

Family
  
Buchanosteidae White, 1952

Species
  
P. murrumbidgeensis White, 1952

Similar
  
Burrinjucosteus, Arenipiscis, Taemasosteus, Goodradigbeeon, Errolosteus

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

It was originally described as Buchanosteus murrumbidgeensis in 1952. Twenty years later, it was reexamined and promoted to a new genus.

References

Parabuchanosteus Wikipedia