Simosteus tuberculatus Dennis and Miles 1982 (armour-plated fish)

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

Belongs to Simosteus according to K. Dennis and R. S. Miles 1982

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gogo Formation, which is in a Frasnian platform/shelf-margin reef limestone/shale in the Gogo Formation of Australia

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Gogo Formation

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