Burrinjucosteus
| Burrinjucosteus Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Buchanosteidae |
| Genus: | †Burrinjucosteus White, 1978 |
| Species: | †B. asymmetricus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978 | |
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of the Murrumbidgee Group in New South Wales, Australia.
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, flat animal.
References
- 1 2 White, E. I. (1978). The larger arthrodiran fishes from the area of the Burrinjuck Dam, N.S.W. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 34(2): 149–262.
.png)
 | This article about a placoderm is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by adding missing information. |