Burrinjucosteus
Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus is an extinct buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata of New South Wales, Australia.
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| Family: | White, 1952 |
| Genus: | Burrinjucosteus |
| Species: | B. asymmetricus |
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| Burrinjucosteus asymmetricus White, 1978 | |
B. asymmetricus is known from scraps of thoracic armor and the skullroof, which suggest a very large, flat animal.
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