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Buchanosteus

Buchanosteus
Temporal range: Pragian–Emsian
Buchanosteus confertituberculatus.jpg
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
Species
  • B. confertituberculatus (Chapman, 1916)
  • B. guangxiensis Wang, 2005
  • B. nuricus Mark-Kurik, 2004

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:



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