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Phymosteus
Temporal range: Early Famennian[1]
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Phymosteus
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P. liui
Binomial name
Phymosteus liui
Wang, and Zhu

Phymosteus liui is a large selenosteid arthrodire placoderms known from the Lower Famennian Xiejingshi Formation of Shimen County, Hunan province, in central China.[1]

The holotype and only known specimen of P. liui is a V-shaped median dorsal plate with a distinctive nubble texture.[1] Because of the fossil's obviously incomplete nature, its exact relationship to the other selenosteids can not be satisfactorily determined beyond the fact that it was related to them.

References

  1. ^ a b c Wang, Junqing, and Min Zhu. "A new eubrachythoracid arthrodire from the upper devonian of Hunan China." Vertebrata Pal Asiatica 42.2 (2003): 154-161. [1]