Parabuchanosteus Young 1979 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Parabuchanosteidae

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: Parabuchanosteidae according to R. van der Laan 2019

See also Denison 1978 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

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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