Camuropiscidae is a family of mostly small, bullet or spindle-shaped extinct arthrodire placoderms from the Late Devonian. With the exception of the snub-nosed Simosteus,[4] camuropiscid placoderms are characterized by an elongated, tubular snout. The entire family is restricted to the Frasnian Gogo Reef Formation of Australia.
| Camuropiscidae Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
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| Reconstructions of the various members of the arthrodire placoderm family Camuropiscidae. From top is Camuropiscis laidlawi, C. concinnus, Fallacosteus turneri, Rolfosteus canningensis, Tubonasus lennardensis, Latocamurus coulthardi, and Simosteus tuberculatus. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Eubrachythoraci |
| Clade: | †Coccosteomorphi |
| Superfamily: | †Incisoscutoidea |
| Family: | †Camuropiscidae Dennis & Miles, 1979 |
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The camuropiscids' elongated snouts, streamlined body shape, and rapid jaw closure are thought as adaptations for pelagic, pursuit predators, swallowing their prey whole.[5]
Phylogeny
editCamuropiscidae is a member of the superfamily Incisoscutoidea, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Camuropiscidae:[6]
References
edit- ^ Long, J. A. (1990). "Two new arthrodires (placoderm fishes) from the Upper Devonian Gogo Formation, Western Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 28: 51–64.
- ^ Long, J. A. (1988). "A new camuropiscid arthrodire (Pisces: Placodermi) from Gogo, Western Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 94: 233–258. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1988.tb01194.x.
- ^ a b Dennis, K.; R. S. Miles (1979). "Eubrachythoracid arthrodires with tubular rostra1 plates from Gogo, Western Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 67: 297–328. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1979.tb01118.x.
- ^ a b Dennis, K.; R. S. Miles (1982). "A eubrachythoracid arthrodire with a snubnose from Gogo, Western Australia". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 75: 153–166. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1982.tb01945.x.
- ^ Trinajstic, Kate; Briggs, Derek E. G.; Long, John A. (January 2022). "The Gogo Formation Lagerstätte: a view of Australia's first great barrier reef". Journal of the Geological Society. 179 (1): jgs2021–105. doi:10.1144/jgs2021-105. ISSN 0016-7649.
- ^ Zhu, You-An; Zhu, Min; Wang, Jun-Qing (1 April 2016). "Redescription of Yinostius major (Arthrodira: Heterostiidae) from the Lower Devonian of China, and the interrelationships of Brachythoraci". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 176 (4): 806–834. doi:10.1111/zoj.12356. ISSN 0024-4082.
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