Camuropiscis Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
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Reconstruction of Camuropiscis laidlawi (top), and C. concinnus, from the Gogo Reef of Late Devonian Australia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Camuropiscidae |
Genus: | †Camuropiscis Dennis & Miles, 1979 |
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Camuropiscis is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley, Western Australia. The species of Camuropiscis had a flattened, elongated snout that may have aided in enhancing its hydrodynamic streamlining.