Goodradigbeeon Temporal range: Early Devonian, Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Buchanosteidae |
Genus: | †Goodradigbeeon White, 1978 |
Species: | †G. australianum |
Binomial name | |
†Goodradigbeeon australianum White, 1978 |
Goodradigbeeon is an extinct genus of buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata from the Taemas-Wee Jasper reef of New South Wales, Australia and the type species is G. australianum.
The holotype was discovered near the Goodradigbee River by Harry A. Toombs and was described by White (1978).
References
- Sepkoski, J. J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
- "Goodradigbeeon". Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- White, E. I. (1978). The larger arthrodiran fishes from the area of Burrinjuck Dam, N. S. W. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 149–262.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Goodradigbeeon |
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