Parabuchanosteus Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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An artist's impression of Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis | |
Scientific 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) | |
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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.
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Taxon identifiers | |
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Parabuchanosteus |
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