†Simosteus Dennis and Miles 1982 (armour-plated fish)
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Placodermi - Phlyctaeniiformes - Camuropiscidae
Full reference: K. Dennis and R. S. Miles. 1982. A eubrachythoracid arthrodire with a snubnose from Gogo, Western Australia. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 75(2):153-166
Parent taxon: Camuropiscidae according to K. Dennis and R. S. Miles 1982
Sister taxa: Camuropiscis, Fallacosteus, Incisoscutum, Latocamurus, Rolfosteus, Tubonasus
Subtaxa: Simosteus tuberculatus
Type: Simosteus tuberculatus
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Gogo Formation (Devonian of Australia)
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