Parabuchanosteus

Parabuchanosteus
Temporal range: Emsian
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An artist's impression of Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Buchanosteidae
Genus: Parabuchanosteus
White & Toombs, 1972
Species:
P. murrumbidgeensis
Binomial name
Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis
(White, 1952)
Synonyms

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

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Gnathostomata
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Placodermi
    • see Placodermi
Arthrodira
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Wuttagoonaspidae
Phyllolepida
Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
Phlyctaeniidae
Arctolepididae
Groenlandaspididae
Williamsaspididae
  • Elvaspis
  • Williamsaspis
Holonematidae
Homostiidae
Migmatocephala
Buchanosteidae
Eubrachythoraci
    • see below↓
Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Parabuchanosteus


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