Arabosteus is an extinct genus of palaecanthaspid placoderm that inhabited what is now Saudi Arabia during the Early Devonian epoch. Its only species is Arabosteus variabilis.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Acanthothoraci |
| Genus: | †Arabosteus Olive et al., 2011 |
| Species: | †A. variabilis
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| †Arabosteus variabilis Olive et al., 2011
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References
edit- ^ Olive, Sébastien; Goujet, Daniel; Lelièvre, Hervé; Janjou, Dominique (1 September 2011). "A new Placoderm fish (Acanthothoraci) from the Early Devonian Jauf Formation (Saudi Arabia)". Geodiversitas. 33 (3): 393–409. doi:10.5252/g2011n3a1. ISSN 1280-9659. Retrieved 5 October 2024 – via BioOne Digital Library.
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