Tubonasus Dennis and Miles 1979 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Arthrodira

Full reference: K. Dennis and R. S. Miles. 1979. Eubrachythoracid arthrodires with tubular rostral plates from Gogo, Western Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 67(4):297-328

Parent taxon: Arthrodira according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthaspida, Actinolepidiformes, Actinolepina, Africanaspis, Antarctolepis, Arctonema, Arenipiscis, Aspidichthys, Atlantidosteus, Brachydeirina, Bruntonichthys, Bullerichthys, Callognathus, Coccosteina, Copanognathus, Cosmacanthus, Cravenaspis, Diplognathus, Erikaspis, Errolosteus, Eskimaspis, Euarthrodira, Eubrachythoraci, Glyptaspis, Grazosteus, Harrytoombsia, Heintzosteus, Heterostiina, Hollardosteus, Holonematina, Huaningichthys, Incisoscutoidea, Kimberleyichthys, Kueichowlepis, Latocamurus, Laurentaspis, Lurapullaspis, Machaerognathus, Mcnamaraspis, Mediaspidae, Murmur, Operchallosteus, Overtonaspis, Pachyosteidae, Pachyosteina, Parawilliamsaspis, Phlyctaeniiformes, Phlyctaenina, Pholidosteidae, Phylctaeniida, Phyllolepida, Platyaspis, Prescottaspidae, Qataraspis, Rolfosteus, Squamatognathus, Stegophthalami, Taemasosteus, Taunaspis, Temnothoraci, Timanosteus, Toombalepis, Toombsosteus, Tyriolepis, Wheathillaspis, Wuttagoonaspina, Yinosteus, Actinolepidoidei, Brachythoracoidei, Phyllolepidoidei

Subtaxa: Tubonasus lennardensis

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

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

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