Asterosteus is a genus of rhenanidplacoderm from the Eifelian. The type species, A. stenocephalus, is known from an incomplete skull from Middle Devonian strata in Ohio. What may be a second species ("Asterosteus sp Schmidtt 1963") is described from fragments decorated with star-shaped tubercules from the Eifelian-aged Gebze beds of Turkey.[1]
asterosteus, genus, rhenanid, placoderm, from, eifelian, type, species, stenocephalus, known, from, incomplete, skull, from, middle, devonian, strata, ohio, what, second, species, schmidtt, 1963, described, from, fragments, decorated, with, star, shaped, tuber. Asterosteus is a genus of rhenanid placoderm from the Eifelian The type species A stenocephalus is known from an incomplete skull from Middle Devonian strata in Ohio What may be a second species Asterosteus sp Schmidtt 1963 is described from fragments decorated with star shaped tubercules from the Eifelian aged Gebze beds of Turkey 1 AsterosteusTemporal range EifelianArtist s reconstruction of A stenocephalusScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ChordataClass PlacodermiOrder RhenanidaFamily AsterosteidaeGenus AsterosteusType speciesAsterosteus stenocephalusNewberry 1875speciesA stenocephalus A sp References edit Denison Robert 1978 Handbook of Paleoichthyology Volume 2 Placodermi New York Gustav Fischer Verlage p 25 ISBN 9780895740274 nbsp This article about a placoderm is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Asterosteus amp oldid 1165144249, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
