Tapinosteus

Tapinosteus
Temporal range: Late Devonian: Frasnian,
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Arthrodira
Suborder: Brachythoraci
Clade: Eubrachythoraci
Clade: Pachyosteomorphi
Clade: Aspinothoracidi
Genus: Tapinosteus
Stensiö, 1963
Species
  • Tapinosteus heintzi Stensiö, 1963 (type)

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