Arabosteus

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Arabosteus
Temporal range: Early Devonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Acanthothoraci
Genus: Arabosteus
Olive et al., 2011
Species:
A. variabilis
Binomial name
Arabosteus variabilis
Olive et al., 2011

Arabosteus is an extinct genus of palaecanthaspid placoderm that inhabited what is now Saudi Arabia during the Early Devonian epoch. Its only species is Arabosteus variabilis. [1]

References

  1. Olive, Sébastien; Goujet, Daniel; Lelièvre, Hervé; Janjou, Dominique (1 September 2011). "A new Placoderm fish (Acanthothoraci) from the Early Devonian Jauf Formation (Saudi Arabia)". Geodiversitas . 33 (3): 393–409. doi:10.5252/g2011n3a1. ISSN   1280-9659 . Retrieved 5 October 2024 via BioOne Digital Library.