Simosteus
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Simosteus tuberculatus is a small arthrodire placoderm from the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Unlike other members of the arthrodire family Camuropiscidae, S. tuberculatus had a short, snub-nose, as directly implied by the translation of its generic name, "snub-nosed bone." Although S. tuberculatus lacks the characteristic elongated nose, it shares other diagnostic features of camuropiscids, such as cheekplates sutured to the cranium.
| Simosteus Temporal range: Frasnian | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Camuropiscidae |
| Genus: | †Simosteus Dennis & Miles, 1982 |
| Species: | †S. tuberculatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Simosteus tuberculatus Dennis & Miles, 1982[1] | |
So far, the only specimen known is of an incomplete cranium.
