†Fallacosteus Long 1990 (armour-plated fish)
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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
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gogo Formation (Devonian of Australia)
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