Buchanosteidae

Buchanosteidae
Temporal range:
Buchanosteus confertituberculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
†Placodermi
Order:
Family:
Buchanosteidae

White, 1952
Type species
Phlyctaenaspis australis var. confertituberculata
Chapman, 1916
Genera
Synonyms
  • Goodradigbeeonidae
  • Taemasosteidae

Buchanosteidae is a family of arthrodire placoderms that lived from the Early to Middle Devonian. Fossils appear in various strata in Russia, Central Asia, Australia, and China.

All buchanosteids tend to have flattened (of varying degrees depending on the genus) heads, with most genera also having large orbits.

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