Phymosteus
| Phymosteus Temporal range: Early Famennian[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | Brachythoraci |
| Infraorder: | Coccosteina |
| Superfamily: | Dinichthyloidea |
| Family: | Selenosteidae |
| Genus: | Phymosteus |
| Species: | P. liui |
| Binomial name | |
| Phymosteus liui Wang, and Zhu | |
Phymosteus liui is a large selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Lower Famennian Xiejingshi Formation of Shimen County, Hunan province, in central China.[1]
The holotype and only known specimen of P. liui is a V-shaped median dorsal plate with a distinctive nubble texture.[1] Because of the fossil's obviously incomplete nature, its exact relationship to the other selenosteids can not be satisfactorily determined beyond the fact that it was related to them.
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