Kiangyousteus

Kiangyousteus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Givetian,
Kiangyouosteus yohii fossil material
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Dunkleosteidae
Genus: Kiangyousteus
Liu, 1955
Type species
Kiangyousteus yohii
Liu, 1955

Kiangyousteus is an extinct monotypic genus of dunkleosteid from the Middle Devonian: Givetian aged Guanwu Formation in the Sichuan province of south-western China. The type species, Kiangyousteus yohii, was the first known arthrodire from Asia.

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