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2. Dunkleosteus - Wikipedia

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   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 waters, and one of the first vertebrate apex predators of any ecosystem.

3. Placoderm - Wikipedia

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   Rhenanida ("Rhine fish") were flattened, ray-like, bottom-dwelling predators with large, upturned mouths that lived in marine environments. The rhenanids were once presumed to be the most primitive, or at least the closest to the ancestral placoderm, as their armour was made of unfused components—a mosaic of tubercles—as opposed to the ...

4. Coelacanth - Wikipedia

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   Among the fish that have been caught were about equal numbers of males and females. [8] Population estimates range from 210 individuals per population to 500 per population. [ 8 ] [ 67 ] Because coelacanths have individual color markings, scientists think that they recognize other coelacanths via electric communication .

5. Holopterygius - Wikipedia

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   Holopterygius is an extinct genus of prehistoric eel-like coelacanth known from the Devonian (Givetian–Frasnian) of Germany. Despite its specialized morphology and superficial dissimilarity to the usual Paleozoic coelacanth body plan , it is one of the most basal actinistian fish.

6. Hyneria - Wikipedia

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   Hyneria was a large fish.H. lindae is estimated around 2.5–3 metres (8.2–9.8 ft) in total length. [3] [4] An isolated cleithrum AM 6545 likely belongs to an individual of at least 2.7 metres (8.9 ft) in length. [2]

7. Fins of prehistoric fish reveal origins of the human hand - AOL

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   Inside the stout fins of a fish that prowled the shallow waters of an estuary in what is now eastern Canada about 380 million years ago, scientists have found what they call the evolutionary ...

8. Holocephali - Wikipedia

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   Holocephali ("complete heads"), sometimes given the name Euchondrocephali ("true cartilage heads"), is a subclass of cartilaginous fish in the class Chondrichthyes. [1] The earliest fossils are of teeth and come from the Devonian period.

9. A large prehistoric-looking fish was just found off Florida ...

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   Earlier we lost one 12 feet under the boat and had a big head left when a shark got it,” Miller recalled. “But we got this one up with a gaff in it and started freaking out when we got it in ...