Goodradigbeeon is an extinct genus of buchanosteid arthrodire placoderm.[1] Its fossils have been found in Emsian-aged marine strata from the Taemas-Wee Jasper reef of New South Wales, Australia[2] and the type species is G. australianum.
| Goodradigbeeon Temporal range: Early Devonian,
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Buchanosteidae |
| Genus: | †Goodradigbeeon White, 1978 |
| Species: | †G. australianum
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| †Goodradigbeeon australianum White, 1978
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The holotype was discovered near the Goodradigbee River by Harry A. Toombs and was described by White (1978).[3]
References
edit- ^ Sepkoski, J. J. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560
- ^ "Goodradigbeeon". Fossilworks. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
- ^ White, E. I. (1978). The larger arthrodiran fishes from the area of Burrinjuck Dam, N. S. W. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 34: 149–262.
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