Tubonasus (meaning "tube nose") is an extinct monospecific genus of long-snouted arthrodire placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley, Western Australia.

Tubonasus is interpreted as a pelagic pursuit predator, and had the ability of swallowing prey whole. Like other camuropiscids, it has an elongated rostrum, streamlined body, and narrow infragnathals.

Phylogeny

Tubonasus is a member of the family Camuropiscidae under the superfamily Incisoscutoidea, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi, one of the two major clades within Eubrachythoraci. The cladogram below shows the phylogeny of Tubonasus:

EubrachythoraciCoccosteomorphi Coccosteoidea Coccosteidae Millerosteus minor Coccosteus cuspidatus Dickosteus threiplandi Watsonosteus fletti Protitanichthys rockportensis Panxiosteidae Plourdosteus canadensis Panxiosteus ocullus Janiosteus timanicus Incisoscutoidea Harrytoombsia elegans Torosteus tuberculatus Torosteus pulchellus Mcnamaraspis kaprios Compagopiscis croucheri Trematosteus fontanellus Camuropiscidae Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi Pachyosteomorphi
CoccosteomorphiCoccosteoidea Coccosteidae Millerosteus minor Coccosteus cuspidatus Dickosteus threiplandi Watsonosteus fletti Protitanichthys rockportensis Panxiosteidae Plourdosteus canadensis Panxiosteus ocullus Janiosteus timanicus Incisoscutoidea Harrytoombsia elegans Torosteus tuberculatus Torosteus pulchellus Mcnamaraspis kaprios Compagopiscis croucheri Trematosteus fontanellus Camuropiscidae Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
CoccosteoideaCoccosteidae Millerosteus minor Coccosteus cuspidatus Dickosteus threiplandi Watsonosteus fletti Protitanichthys rockportensis Panxiosteidae Plourdosteus canadensis Panxiosteus ocullus Janiosteus timanicus
CoccosteidaeMillerosteus minor Coccosteus cuspidatus Dickosteus threiplandi Watsonosteus fletti Protitanichthys rockportensis
Millerosteus minor Coccosteus cuspidatus
Millerosteus minor
Coccosteus cuspidatus
Dickosteus threiplandi Watsonosteus fletti Protitanichthys rockportensis
Dickosteus threiplandi
Watsonosteus fletti
Protitanichthys rockportensis
PanxiosteidaePlourdosteus canadensis Panxiosteus ocullus Janiosteus timanicus
Plourdosteus canadensis
Panxiosteus ocullus
Janiosteus timanicus
IncisoscutoideaHarrytoombsia elegans Torosteus tuberculatus Torosteus pulchellus Mcnamaraspis kaprios Compagopiscis croucheri Trematosteus fontanellus Camuropiscidae Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Harrytoombsia elegans
Torosteus tuberculatus Torosteus pulchellus
Torosteus tuberculatus
Torosteus pulchellus
Mcnamaraspis kaprios Compagopiscis croucheri Trematosteus fontanellus Camuropiscidae Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Mcnamaraspis kaprios
Compagopiscis croucheri Trematosteus fontanellus Camuropiscidae Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Compagopiscis croucheri
Trematosteus fontanellus
CamuropiscidaeIncisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Incisoscutum ritchiei Incisoscutum sarahae
Incisoscutum ritchiei
Incisoscutum sarahae
Rolfosteus canningensis Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Rolfosteus canningensis
Tubonasus lennardensis Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Tubonasus lennardensis
Fallacosteus turneri Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Fallacosteus turneri
Camuropiscis laidlawi Latocamurus coulthardi
Camuropiscis laidlawi
Latocamurus coulthardi
Pachyosteomorphi