Placoderm - Wikipedia
Placoderms (from Greek πλάξ (plax, plakos) 'plate' and δέρμα (derma) 'skin') [1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from Paleozoic …
Placoderm | Devonian period, armored fish, jawed vertebrates
Placoderm, any member of an extinct group (Placodermi) of primitive jawed fishes known only from fossil remains. Placoderms existed throughout the Devonian Period (about 416 million to …
Dunkleosteus - Wikipedia
Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire ("jointed-neck") fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open …
Placoderms: Current Biology - Cell Press
Jan 22, 2024 · For over 70 million years, during the Paleozoic, the placoderms (Greek for ‘plated skin’), an extinct group of armoured fishes, were the most abundant and diverse vertebrates …
Arthrodira - Wikipedia
Arthrodira (Greek for "jointed neck") is an order of extinct armored, jawed fishes of the class Placodermi that flourished in the Devonian period before their sudden extinction, surviving for …
Placoderms - ScienceDirect
Jan 22, 2024 · For over 70 million years, during the Paleozoic, the placoderms (Greek for ‘plated skin’), an extinct group of armoured fishes, were the most abundant and diverse vertebrates …
Placoderm - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The placoderms (Placodermi: Greek = plated skin) were a class of armoured prehistoric fish, which lived from the mid Silurian to the end of the Devonian period. Their head and thorax …
Placoderm - New World Encyclopedia
The placoderms (class Placodermi) are armored prehistoric fishes known from fossils dating from the late Silurian to the end of the Devonian period. Placoderms were among the first of the …
Placoderms (Armored Fish): Dominant Vertebrates of the …
Apr 30, 2010 · Placoderms, the most diverse group of Devonian fishes, were globally distributed in all habitable freshwater and marine environments, like teleost fishes in the modern fauna. …
DID PLACODERM FISH HAVE TEETH? GAVIN C. YOUNG Geology Dept., Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia The famous brachythoracid arthrodires from the Late …