Parabuchanosteus Young 1979 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira - Buchanosteidae

Full reference: G. C. Young. 1979. New information on the structure and relationships of Buchanosteus (Placodermi: Euarthrodira) from the Early Devonian of New South Wales. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 66(4):309-352

Parent taxon: Buchanosteidae according to R. Denison 1978

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Buchanosteus, Richardosteus

Subtaxa: Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at White and Toombs localities along Murrumbidgee River (Devonian of Australia)

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