Fallacosteus Long 1990 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Camuropiscidae

Alternative spelling: Fallocosteus

Full reference: J. Long. 1990. Two new arthrodires (placoderm fishes) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 28:51-64

Parent taxon: Camuropiscidae according to K. Trinajstic and K. Dennis-Bryan 2009

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Camuropiscis

Subtaxa: Fallacosteus turneri

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gogo Formation (Devonian of Australia)

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