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Goodradigbeeon

Goodradigbeeon is an extinct genus of buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm. Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata from the Taemas-Wee Jasper reef of New South Wales, Australia and the type species is G. australianum.

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Length
133 w
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Source
Goodradigbeeon
Temporal range: Early Devonian,
Artist's reconstruction
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Buchanosteidae
Genus: Goodradigbeeon
White, 1978
Species:
G. australianum
Binomial name
Goodradigbeeon australianum
White, 1978

Goodradigbeeon is an extinct genus of buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm.1 Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata from the Taemas-Wee Jasper reef of New South Wales, Australia2 and the type species is G. australianum.

The holotype was discovered near the Goodradigbee River by Harry A. Toombs and was described by White (1978).3

References

References

  1. Sepkoski, J. J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
  2. "Goodradigbeeon". Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. White, E. I. (1978). The larger arthrodiran fishes from the area of Burrinjuck Dam, N. S. W. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 149–262.