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Simosteus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Placodermi

Family
  
Camuropiscidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Arthrodira

Rank
  
Genus

Simosteus

Species
  
S. tuberculatus Miles & Dennis, 1982

Similar
  
Belemnacanthus, Neophlyctaenius, Goodradigbeeon

Simosteus tuberculatus is a small arthrodire placoderm from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Unlike other members of the arthrodire family Camuropiscidae, S. tuberculatus had a short, snub-nose, as directly implied by the translation of its generic name, "snub-nosed bone." Although S. tuberculatus lacks the characteristic elongated nose, it shares other diagnostic features of camuropiscids, such as cheekplates sutured to the cranium.

So far, the only specimen known is of an incomplete cranium.

References

Simosteus Wikipedia