Millerosteus
| Millerosteus Temporal range: Middle Devonian: Early Givetian, | |
|---|---|
| Fossil of Millerosteus minor in the Field Museum of Natural History. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Brachythoraci |
| Family: | †Coccosteidae |
| Genus: | †Millerosteus Stensiö, 1959 |
| Species | |
Millerosteus is an extinct genus of coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Early Givetian stage of the Middle Devonian period. Fossils are found in Orkney and Caithness, Scotland. It was a small placoderm with a body length of 14 cm (5.5 in). Millerosteus is one of the few arthrodires known from specimens preserving the entire skeleton.