Tubonasus

Name: Tubonasus.
Phonetic: Tu-bo-nay-sus.
Named By: K.‭ ‬Dennis‭ & ‬R.‭ ‬A.‭ ‬Miles‭ ‬-‭ ‬1979.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Placodermi,‭ ‬Arthrodira,‭ ‬Camuropiscidae.
Species: T.‭ ‬lennardensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Australia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Gogo Formation.
Time period: Late Devonian.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       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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