Beelarongia patrichae was named by Long (1987) [A presumably cosmine-covered osteolepiform with a fronto-ethmoid shield/parietal shield ratio of approximately 80; index of lengths of frontal/parietal bones about 60. Parietal shield anteriorly narrow but posteriorly broad with a B/L index of 180, posterior margin strongly pointed posteriorly. Extratemporal very large, being almost one third as broad as one side of the parietal shield. Median extrascapular having a short anterior margin, one fifth the extent of that of the broad lateral extrascapulars. Cheek with long postorbital and one small accessory postorbital bone. Orbits very small. Opercular large, rounded. Cleithrum with broad unornamented anterior flange. Scales rhombic with large dorsal processes.]. Its type specimen is NMV P160872, a partial skeleton (an almost complete head preserved as a natural mould in dorsal view, with part of the pectoral girdle and fin attached), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Howqua River at the base of Mt Howitt, which is in a Frasnian terrestrial mudstone in Australia.