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.
References
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Category:Fossil taxa described in 1876