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| Cavanosteus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Homostiidae |
| Genus: | †Cavanosteus Young, 2004[1] |
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Cavanosteus is an extinct genus of homostiid arthrodire from the Emsian of Victoria, and New South Wales (Murrumbidgee Group), Australia.[2][3]
Description
[edit]Cavanosteus is known from central plates of the skull, infragnathals with little or no dentition, similar in form to Homosteus, and a bone from the dermal trunk shield.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Cavanosteus". Global Biodiversity Information Facility.
- 1 2 Gavin C. Young (2004). "A homostiid arthrodire (placoderm fish) from the Early Devonian of the Burrinjuck area, New South Wales". Alcheringa. 28 (1): 129–146. doi:10.1080/03115510408619278. Wikidata Q58107204.
- ↑ Zapalski, Mikołaj K.; Berkowski, Błażej; Skompski, Stanisław; Pickett, John W.; Young, Gavin C. (2025). "Ancient depths: Unprecedented completeness of mesophotic coral-fish ecosystem from the Devonian of Eastern Gondwana". Gondwana Research. 142: 252–261. ISSN 1342-937X.
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