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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | † Placodermi |
| Order: | † Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | † Brachythoraci |
| Family: | † Buchanosteidae |
| Genus: | † Errolosteus Young, 1981 |
| Species: | †E. goodradigbeensis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Errolosteus goodradigbeensis Young, 1981 | |
Errolosteus goodradigbeensis is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. [1] Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
The holotype of E. goodradigbeensis, ANU 21806, was described at the same time as its sympatric relative, Arenipiscis . Errolosteus can be distinguished by having a comparatively short, broad skull.