| Fallacosteus Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Camuropiscidae |
| Genus: | †Fallacosteus Long, 1990 |
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Fallacosteus is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley, Western Australia. As with almost all other camuropiscids, F. turneri had an elongated snout that may have enhanced its hydrodynamic streamlining.[1][2]
- ^ Long, J.A. (1990). "Two new arthrodires (placoderm fishes) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28 (1): 51–63.
- ^ Long, John A. (1996). The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution. The Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0-8018-5438-5.