Burrinjucosteus

Burrinjucosteus Temporal range: Emsian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Arthrodira
Suborder:	†Brachythoraci
Family:	†Buchanosteidae
Genus:	†Burrinjucosteus White, 1978
Species:	†B. asymmetricus
Binomial name
†Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978

Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.

Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, flat animal.

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