Phymosteus

Phymosteus liui is an extinct large selenosteid arthrodire placoderm known from the Lower Famennian Xiejingshi Formation of Shimen County, Hunan province, in central China.[1]

Phymosteus
Temporal range: Early Famennian[1]
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Phymosteus
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P. liui
Binomial name
Phymosteus liui
Wang, and Zhu

The holotype and only known specimen of P. liui is a V-shaped median dorsal plate with a distinctive texture.[1] Because the fossil is incomplete, its exact relationship to the other selenosteids can not be satisfactorily determined.

References

  1. Wang, Junqing, and Min Zhu. "A new eubrachythoracid arthrodire from the upper devonian of Hunan China." Vertebrata Pal Asiatica 42.2 (2003): 154-161.


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