Bolivosteus
| Bolivosteus Temporal range: Eifelian | |
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| Artist's reconstruction | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Rhenanida |
| Family: | Asterosteidae |
| Genus: | Bolivosteus |
| Species: | B. chacomensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Bolivosteus chacomensis Goujet, Janvier & Suarez-Riglos, 1986 | |
Bolivosteus chacomensis is a rhenanid placoderm from the Eifelian of Bolivia, and is the only placoderm known from the “Malvinokaffric” invertebrate faunas. The Malvinokaffric faunas represent a series of cold-water ecosystems near or at the South Pole during the Middle Devonian, and apparently lacked the presence of ammonoids, bryozoa, or colonial corals.[1] B. chacomensis is known from skull fragments and scales.
References
- ↑ Janvier, Phillipe (2007). THE DEVONIAN VERTEBRATES OF SOUTH AMERICA: MALVINOKAFFRIC FISHES AND GONDWANA-EURAMERICA FAUNAL INTERCHANGE (PDF). 4th European Meeting of the Palaeontology and Stratigraphy of Latin America. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero 8. pp. 223–227.
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