Definition of Placoderm. Meaning of Placoderm. Synonyms of Placoderm

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Definition of Placoderm

Placoderm
Placoderm Plac"o*derm, n. [Gr. ?, ?, tablet + ? skin.] (Paleon.) One of the Placodermi.

Meaning of Placoderm from wikipedia

- 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...
- characteristics are considered homologous characteristics derived from common placoderm ancestors[clarification needed], and present also in basal cartilaginous...
- 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...
- 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)...
- including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. Most fish are cold-blooded, their body temperature varying...
- 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...
- Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia...
- bonytongue fish of the family Osteoglossidae Draconichthys, an arthrodire placoderm named after Stomiid dragonfishes Dragonfish (novel), a 2015 novel by Vu...
- lepis 'scale') was a widespread, abundant and diverse genus of antiarch placoderms that lived during the Middle to Late Devonian period of the Paleozoic...