Errolosteus

Errolosteus
Temporal range: Emsian
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: †Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Family: Buchanosteidae
White, 1952
Genus: Errolosteus
Species: E. goodradigbeensis
Binomial name
Errolosteus goodradigbeensis
Young, 1981

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

The holotype of E. goodradigbeensis was described at the same as its sympatric relative, Arenipiscis. Errolosteus can be distinguished by having a comparatively short, broad skull.

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