Buchanosteus Temporal range: Pragian–Emsian |
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B. confertituberculatus | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | Arthrodira |
Family: |
Buchanosteidae White, 1952 |
Genus: |
Buchanosteus Stensiö, 1945 |
Type species | |
Phlyctaenaspis australis var. confertituberculata Chapman, 1916 |
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Species | |
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Buchanosteus is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Early Devonian-aged marine strata throughout Asia and Australia. It contains the following species: