Placoderms (from Greek πλάξ (plax, plakos) 'plate' and δέρμα (derma) 'skin') are members of the class Placodermi, a group of prehistoric fish known from... 42 KB (4,235 words) - 16:47, 25 April 2024 |
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... 46 KB (951 words) - 16:52, 25 April 2024 |
Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia... 3 KB (194 words) - 19:46, 6 January 2024 |
Dunkleosteus (category Placoderms of Africa) 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... 48 KB (4,028 words) - 18:43, 18 April 2024 |
Evolution of fish (section †Placoderms) 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)... 46 KB (4,511 words) - 16:55, 25 April 2024 |
connection between the teeth and the original dermal scales. The old placoderms did not have teeth at all, but had sharp bony plates in their mouth. Thus... 44 KB (2,435 words) - 04:21, 21 March 2024 |
Bothriolepis (category Placoderm genera) lepis 'scale') was a widespread, abundant and diverse genus of antiarch placoderms that lived during the Middle to Late Devonian period of the Paleozoic... 36 KB (3,965 words) - 16:08, 25 April 2024 |
leading the Devonian to often be dubbed the Age of Fishes. The armored placoderms began dominating almost every known aquatic environment. In the oceans... 69 KB (7,577 words) - 16:40, 25 April 2024 |
2024 in paleoichthyology (section Placoderms) research presented in 2024 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes... 60 KB (4,015 words) - 18:09, 28 April 2024 |
Titanichthys (category Placoderms of North America) Titanichthys is an extinct genus of giant, aberrant marine placoderm from shallow seas of the Late Devonian of Morocco, Eastern North America, and possibly... 10 KB (859 words) - 03:25, 13 April 2024 |
Bothriolepidoidei is a suborder of antiarch placoderm fishes. The group is considered paraphyletic. The cladogram is taken from Bothriolepid antiarchs... 3 KB (95 words) - 06:56, 27 April 2024 |
2022 in paleoichthyology (section Placoderms) research presented in 2022 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes... 143 KB (10,297 words) - 03:14, 5 February 2024 |
bonytongue fish of the family Osteoglossidae Draconichthys, an arthrodire placoderm named after Stomiid dragonfishes Dragonfish (novel), a 2015 novel by Vu... 866 bytes (134 words) - 19:46, 16 March 2023 |
groups of placoderms. Arthrodire placoderms are notable for the movable joint between armor surrounding their heads and bodies. Like all placoderms, they... 17 KB (990 words) - 03:48, 14 April 2024 |
conodonts and ostracoderms, as well as jawed fish such as the armored placoderms (e.g. Dunkleosteus), the spiny acanthodians and early bony fish. The Devonian... 59 KB (6,061 words) - 10:45, 19 April 2024 |
Devonian fishes, including an early shark Cladoselache, Eusthenopteron and other lobe-finned fishes, and the placoderm Bothriolepis (Joseph Smit, 1905).... 101 KB (10,229 words) - 14:34, 6 April 2024 |
of its body, which is not common in other fish (Tarrasius, Mandageria, placoderms and extant seahorses being some exceptions; see also Lepidogalaxias and... 58 KB (6,016 words) - 21:51, 5 April 2024 |
Melanosteus (category Placoderms) Melanomontanosteus is an extinct genus of selenosteid placoderm that lived during the Late Devonian. It contains one valid species, M. occitanus, known... 6 KB (239 words) - 10:59, 18 March 2024 |
probably originally evolved in the Silurian period and appeared in the Placoderm fish which further diversified in the Devonian. The two most anterior... 8 KB (847 words) - 08:01, 20 April 2024 |
A placoderm... 86 KB (3,507 words) - 23:55, 3 April 2024 |
Craniata, including this placoderm fish (Dunkleosteus sp.), are characterized by the presence of a cranium, mandible, and other facial bones.... 17 KB (1,576 words) - 17:42, 17 April 2024 |