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Parabuchanosteus Temporal range: Emsian |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Family: |
Buchanosteidae White, 1952 |
| Genus: |
Parabuchanosteus White & Toombs, 1972 |
| Species: |
P. murrumbidgeensis White, 1952 |
| Binomial name | |
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Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis |
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Parabuchanosteus murrumbidgeensis is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in the Late Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
It was originally described as Buchanosteus murrumbidgeensis in 1952. Twenty years later, it was reexamined and promoted to a new genus.