Millerosteus Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Early Givetian,
| |
---|---|
Fossil of Millerosteus minor in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | †Placodermi |
Order: | †Arthrodira |
Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
Family: | †Coccosteidae |
Genus: | †Millerosteus Stensiö, 1959 |
Species | |
Millerosteus is an extinct genus of coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Early Givetian stage of the Middle Devonian period. Fossils are found in Orkney and Caithness, Scotland. It was a small placoderm with a body length of 14 cm (5.5 in).[1] Millerosteus is one of the few arthrodires known from specimens preserving the entire skeleton.