Latocamurus
Extinct genus of fishes
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Latocamurus is an extinct monospecific genus of flat-nosed[1] arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley, Western Australia.
| Latocamurus Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian, | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Camuropiscidae |
| Genus: | †Latocamurus Long, 1988 |
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Phylogeny
Camuropiscis is a member of the family Camuropiscidae under the superfamily Incisoscutoidea, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci.[2][3] The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Camuropiscis:[3]