Aleosteus
| Aleosteus Temporal range: Late Emsian
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| Genus: | Aleosteus Johnson et al., 2000
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Aleosteus eganensis is an extinct arthrodire placoderm fish. Its fossils have been found in the Late Emsian strate of the Sevy Dolomite Formation, in the Egan Range of east-central Nevada, USA. Almost complete fossils belong to juvenile and adult specimens and show a short and broad skull, posteriorly concave.
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Categories:
- Arthrodire genera
- Placoderms of North America
- Emsian life
- Fossil taxa described in 2000
- Fossils of Nevada
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