Brachyosteus

Brachyosteus
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Family: Selenosteidae
Genus: Brachyosteus
Jaeckel, 1927
Species
  • Brachyosteus dietrichi Gross, 1932
  • Brachyosteus ooensis Gross, 1937

Brachyosteus is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Late Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period. Fossils are found from Bad Wildungen, Germany.