Errolosteus Temporal range: Emsian |
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Artist's reconstruction | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | Arthrodira |
Family: |
Buchanosteidae White, 1952 |
Genus: | Errolosteus |
Species: | E. goodradigbeensis |
Binomial name | |
Errolosteus goodradigbeensis Young, 1981 |
Errolosteus goodradigbeensis is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
The holotype of E. goodradigbeensis was described at the same as its sympatric relative, Arenipiscis. Errolosteus can be distinguished by having a comparatively short, broad skull.