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Phymosteus

Phymosteus
Temporal range: Early Famennian
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Infraorder: Coccosteina
Superfamily: Dinichthyloidea
Family: Selenosteidae
Genus: Phymosteus
Species: P. liui
Binomial name
Phymosteus liui
Wang, and Zhu

Phymosteus liui is a large selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Lower Famennian Xiejingshi Formation of Shimen County, Hunan province, in central China.

The holotype and only known specimen of P. liui is a V-shaped median dorsal plate with a distinctive nubble texture. Because of the fossil's obviously incomplete nature, its exact relationship to the other selenosteids can not be satisfactorily determined beyond the fact that it was related to them.


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