Burrinjucosteus
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Burrinjucosteus Temporal range: Emsian |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
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Buchanosteidae White, 1952 |
| Genus: | Burrinjucosteus |
| Species: | B. asymmetricus |
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Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978 |
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Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
B. asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, but flattened animal.
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