Tubonasus

Tu-bo-nay-sus.
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Name

Tubonasus.

Phonetic

Tu-bo-nay-sus.

Named By

K.‭ ‬Dennis‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Miles‭ ‬-‭ ‬1979.

Classification

Chordata,‭ ‬Placodermi,‭ ‬Arthrodira,‭ ‬Camuropiscidae.

Diet

Carnivore.

Species

T.‭ ‬lennardensis‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

Australia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gogo Formation.

Time Period

Late Devonian.

Fossil representation

Partial remains.

In Depth

       Tubonasus is a genus of arthrodire placoderm fish that lived in Australia during the Late Devonian.‭ ‬Tubonasus is noted for having a long snout,‭ ‬however,‭ ‬Tubonasus did not take this to the extreme like in some genera such as Rolfosteus.

Further Reading

-‭ ‬Eubrachythoracid arthrodires with tubular rostra1‭ ‬plates from Gogo,‭ ‬Western Australia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society‭ ‬67:‭ ‬297‭–‬328.‭ ‬-‭ ‬K.‭ ‬Dennis‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Miles‭ ‬-‭ ‬1979.

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