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Placoderms (from Gr**** πλάξ (plax, plakos) 'plate' and δέρμα (derma) 'skin') are
vertebrate animals of the
class Placodermi, an
extinct group of prehistoric...
- This list of
placoderms is an
attempt to
create a
comprehensive listing of all
genera from the
fossil record that have ever been
considered to be members...
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thought to have
lacked pectoral or
pelvic fins. In
addition to this, some
placoderms (extinct fish with bony plates) were
shown to have a
third pair of paired...
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record from the
Silurian by two
groups of fish: the
armoured fish
known as
placoderms,
which evolved from the ostracoderms; and the
Acanthodii (or
spiny sharks)...
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including all
living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the
extinct placoderms and acanthodians. Most fish are cold-blooded,
their body
temperature varying...
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Dunkleosteus consists of ten species, some of
which are
among the
largest placoderms ("plate-skinned") to have ever lived: D. terrelli, D. belgicus, D. denisoni...
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characteristics are
considered homologous characteristics derived from
common placoderm ancestors[clarification needed], and
present also in
basal cartilaginous...
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presented in 2024 is a list of new
fossil taxa of
jawless vertebrates,
placoderms,
cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and
other fishes that were described...
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leading the
Devonian to
often be
dubbed the Age of Fishes. The
armored placoderms began dominating almost every known aquatic environment. In the oceans...
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bonytongue fish of the
family Osteoglossidae Draconichthys, an
arthrodire placoderm named after Stomiid dragonfishes Dragonfish (novel), a 2015
novel by Vu...
