Biology:Burrinjucosteus

Burrinjucosteus Temporal range: Emsian PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	Arthrodira
Family:	Buchanosteidae White, 1952
Genus:	Burrinjucosteus
Species:	B. asymmetricus
Binomial name
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978

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, flat animal.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q16849568 entry