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 |
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 (4,031 words) - 17:05, 30 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 (4,044 words) - 04:41, 30 April 2024 |