Cavanosteus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of fish}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{Geological range|Emsian}}

| taxon = Cavanosteus

| authority = Young, 2004{{GBIF|id=4835994|taxon=Cavanosteus}}

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = *C. australis (McCoy, 1876)

}}

Cavanosteus is an extinct genus of homostiid arthrodire from the Emsian of Victoria, and New South Wales, Australia.{{Cite Q|Q58107204}}

Description

Cavanosteus is known from central plates of the skull, infragnathals with little or no dentition, similar in form to Homosteus, and a bone from the dermal trunk shield.

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