Tubonasus

Tubonasus
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian, 382.7–372.2 Ma
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Camuropiscidae
Genus: Tubonasus
Dennis and Miles, 1979
Species
  • Tubonasus lennardensis Dennis and Miles, 1979

Tubonasus (meaning “tube nose”) is an extinct monospecific genus of long-snouted[1] arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley, Western Australia.

Tubonasus is interpreted as a pelagic pursuit predator, and had the ability of swallowing prey whole. Like other camuropiscids, it has an elongated rostrum, streamlined body, and narrow infragnathals.[2]

Phylogeny

Tubonasus 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.[3][4] The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Tubonasus:[4]

References

  1. ^ Dennis, K.; Miles, R. S. (1979). "Eubrachythoracid arthrodires with tubular rostral plates from Gogo, Western Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 67 (4): 297–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01118.x.
  2. ^ Trinajstic, Kate; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Long, John A. (2022). "The Gogo Formation Lagerstätte: A view of Australia's first great barrier reef". Journal of the Geological Society. 179. doi:10.1144/jgs2021-105. S2CID 243284735.
  3. ^ You-An Zhu; Min Zhu (2013). "A redescription of Kiangyousteus yohii (Arthrodira: Eubrachythoraci) from the Middle Devonian of China, with remarks on the systematics of the Eubrachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 169 (4): 798–819. doi:10.1111/zoj12089.
  4. ^ a b Zhu, You-An; Zhu, Min; Wang, Jun-Qing (1 April 2016). "Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (4): 806–834. doi:10.1111/zoj.12356. ISSN 0024-4082.
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Wuttagoonaspidae
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Phyllolepididae
Actinolepidae
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Kudjanowiaspis

Ailuracantha dorsofelis Dicksonosteus arctirus Cartieraspis

Groenlandaspis riniensis
Coccosteomorphi
Coccosteoidea
Coccosteidae
Panxiosteidae
Incisoscutoidea
Camuropiscidae
Pachyosteomorphi
Dunkleosteoidea
Heterosteidae
Aspinothoracidi
Brachydeiridae
Selenosteidae
Coccosteus cuspidatus Dunkleosteus terrelli Titanichthys termieri
Taxon identifiers
Tubonasus


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